Cervical Spine Syndrome
Conditions
Keywords
Cervical spine, Pain syndrome, Electrotherapy, TENS, Träbert ultrastimulation
Brief summary
Volunteers will take part in the study; Students of the university in the area of Rzeszow reporting chronic spinal ailments participation in remote learning. Applicant participants will be randomised into 3 groups of subjected to various electrotherapy procedures.
Detailed description
Study participants will be tested: 1. Before a series of electrotherapy treatments. 2. 7 to 10 days after the end of electrotherapy. 3. 3 months after the end of electrotherapy. The study will use 1. a self-authored survey taking into account: basic personal data (age, gender, value and BMI, lifestyle and degree of load on the cervical spine), information on the nature, intensity and frequency of the presence of pain in the spine cervical system, taking into account possible adverse reactions 2. a questionnaire for subcjective assessment of the state of the spine Neck Disability Index, 3. measuring the tone of the vertebral muscles in the cervical (myotonometer), 4. a visual analog scale used to assess the severity of symptoms (Visual Analog Scale -VAS) Intervention; <!-- --> 1. irradiation of the neck area with a sollux lamp with a blue filter 2. individual exercises conducted according to the prepared author's mobility improvement program 3. electrotherapy treatments: * Trabert currents * TENS currents (conventional) * TENS currents (pseudo-acupuncture)
Interventions
OTHERKinesiotherapy combined with electrotherapy (Convenctional TENS method).
One of the four groups created during randomization will undergo a unified program of kinesiotherapy and electrotherapy (Conventional TENS method).
OTHERKinesiotherapy combined with electrotherapy (Pseudo-acupuncture TENS method).
One of the four groups created during randomization will undergo a unified program of kinesiotherapy and electrotherapy (Pseudo-acupuncture TENS method).
OTHERKinesiotherapy combined with electrotherapy (Trabert ultrastimulation method)
One of the four groups created during randomization will undergo a unified program of kinesiotherapy and electrotherapy (Trabert ultrastimulation method).
OTHERKinesiotherapy combined with placebo electrotherapy
One of the four groups created during randomization will undergo a unified program of kinesiotherapy and placebo electrotherapy.
Sponsors
University of Rzeszow
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
Participants of all 4 groups will benefit from a unified kinesiotherapeutic program. Then, after the randomization, participants will undergo treatments, but they will not know what type of therapy they will undergo.
Intervention model description
The study will include healthy volunteers, students of the university in the area of Rzeszów with cervical spine pain syndrome caused by distance learning.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
19 Years to 25 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* informed written consent of the patient to participate in the study * no contraindications to electrotherapy in the area of the cervical spine;
Exclusion criteria
* poor tolerance of electrotherapy treatments; * breaks between consecutive treatments longer than 3 days; * failure to complete a series of kinesiotherapy and electrotherapy treatments; * use of any stimulants during the observation period.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Neck Disability Index | 1. Before a series of electrotherapy treatments. | A questionnaire for subcjective assessment of the state of the spine. |
| Myotonometer | 1. Before a series of electrotherapy treatments. | Measuring the tone of the vertebral muscles in the cervical. |
| Visual Analog Scale | 1. Before a series of electrotherapy treatments. | A Visual Analog Scale used to assess the severity of symptoms. It enables the Patient to fine-tune the pain level on a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 is no pain at all and 10 is the maximum imaginable. |
Countries
Poland
Contacts
Primary ContactJolanta Zwolińska, PhD
Backup ContactPaulina Sałaga
Outcome results
None listed