Effects of Peripheral Repetitive Peripheral Magnetic Stimulation on Individuals With Elbow or Wrist Chronic Pain
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Two days Active rPMS, Two days Sham rPMS.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Tennis Elbow Syndrome, Golfer's Elbow, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS). Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Effects of Peripheral Repetitive Peripheral Magnetic Stimulation on Individuals With Elbow or Wrist Chronic Pain, A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
This pilot, randomized, sham-controlled, single-blind study will evaluate the effectiveness of repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation (rPMS) in reducing pain in adults with tennis/golfer's elbow or carpal tunnel syndrome. Approximately 40 participants will be randomly assigned to active or sham stimulation delivered over two consecutive days. Outcomes, including pressure pain threshold, subjective pain ratings, and local tissue oxygenation (fNIRS), will be assessed at baseline, immediately post-intervention, and during follow-up up to 6 months to evaluate both clinical effects and underlying physiological mechanisms.
Detailed description
Objectives - The primary objective is to investigate the effect of active repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation (rPMS) in reducing pain in individuals with either tennis/golfer elbow syndrome (either medial or lateral epicondylitis) or carpal tunnel syndrome in a pilot randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial. The secondary objective is to investigate the duration of the rPMS effects up to 6 months.
Study Population - The study population will consist of two groups of individuals: one group including 10 with tennis/golfer elbow syndrome and second group including 10 with carpal tunnel syndrome. Participants will be recruited from volunteers by advertising and/or doctors' referral.
Research Design and Study Procedure - This study design is a parallel-cohort exploratory single-blind, randomized, sham-controlled study investigating the effect of rPMS in pain reduction in individuals with either elbow or wrist chronic pain. Eligible participants in each group will be stratified by condition (elbow vs carpal tunnel) and randomized within each stratum to active or sham rPMS. The sham group participants will have the option to receive the active treatment after a month of receiving the sham treatment.
The rPMS protocol is two consecutive days of therapy. In each day, the participants will receive 400 pulses at 10 HZ in 1.5 sec trains with 10-second intertrain intervals. All participants will be assessed for their pain levels at baseline, immediately post-intervention, one week after the intervention and then every month up to 6 months follow-up sessions.
The assessments include subjective Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score for pain on a scale of 0 to 10, the minimum pressure pain threshold (PPT) and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) over the target area.
Interventions
- Device Two days Active rPMS
It is a magnetic coil with a device that creates electromagnetic pulses. The Real one gives pulses with 100% intensity. - Device Two days Sham rPMS
Sham coil gives very weak pulses off target that does not penetrate to the skin.
Primary outcome measures
- Change in pain pressure threshold (PPT) [Time frame: from baseline to post-treatment assessments on day 3 and week2 up to 6 months follow-up.]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Change in visual subjective pain scale [Time frame: from Pre-intervention to post on day 3, week 1 and other post assessments up to 6 months.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Clinical diagnosis or self-reported history consistent with either medial or lateral epicondylitis or carpal tunnel syndromes.
- Presence of chronic pain in the target area (mentioned above) at the time of enrollment.
- Ability to understand the study procedures and provide informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
- Contraindications to peripheral magnetic stimulation, including implanted electronic medical devices or metallic implants in locations deemed unsafe for stimulation.
- Open wounds, active skin conditions, or other local conditions at the stimulation site.
- Current neurological, musculoskeletal, or systemic medical conditions that, in the opinion of the investigators, would interfere with safe participation or interpretation of study outcomes.
- Current upper-limb injury or condition other than tennis/golfer elbow or carpal tunnel syndromes that could confound pain or perfusion measurements.
- Pregnancy.
- Inability to tolerate the stimulation or measurement procedures.
- Inability to adequately understand study instructions or provide informed consent.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07544914 · Rithim Harmony - 5266