The Potential of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation to Improve Pain Experienced During Posterior Branch Blocks in Patients With Lumbar Posterior Joint Syndrome
Starting soon · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Lower Back Pain Chronic
In brief
Procedural pain is inadequately managed in two-thirds of patients undergoing invasive medical procedures. Several techniques exist for managing procedural pain, but they all present implementation challenges and are not without side effects. Therefore, a new, non-pharmacological, inexpensive, and easy-to-use approach would be of significant benefit. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for pain relief could represent this alternative. Few studies have been conducted on the benefits of TENS in managing procedural pain, for example, in shoulder arthrodistension. This project proposes to study it in the context of posterior ramus infiltration in patients eligible for this indication, in the context of chronic low back pain associated with posterior joint syndrome.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07627490
- Run by
- University Hospital, Toulouse
- People needed
- 52
- Starts
- 2026-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2028-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-06-04
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Chronic low back pain (lasting more than 3 months)
- Patient followed in a Chronic Pain Unit (CETD, Toulouse University Hospital)
- Clinical and radiological diagnosis (CT scan or MRI) of posterior joint syndrome
- Patient with an indication for infiltration therapy, feasible under standard conditions
You may not qualify if…
- Spinal surgery
- Contraindications for TENS:
- Wearing an electronic medical device (pacemakers, defibrillators, etc.)
- Pregnancy
- Area of cutaneous anesthesia
- Patient with an active malignant tumor
- Patient with deep vein thrombosis
- Patient with damaged or fragile skin
- Insulin-dependent or uncontrolled diabetes
- Uncontrolled hypertension
- Allergy to the local anesthetics used
- Severe psychiatric disorder
- Lumbar injection within the previous 6 months
Where it is running
- Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Pierre Paul Riquet, Place du Docteur Baylac — Toulouse, France
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