9 completed, 2 recruiting, 2 unknown, 1 active not recruiting. 16 Not applicable.
| Phase | Trials | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Not applicable | 16 | Completed 9, Recruiting 2, Unknown 2, Active not recruiting 1, Enrolling by invitation 1, Not yet recruiting 1 |
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| Trial | Phase | Status | Sponsor | Enrollment | Start | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Efficacy of Sciatic Nerve Electrical Stimulation and Therapeutic Exercise in the Management of Low-back Related Leg Pain Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, Placebo Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation - Sciatica | Not applicable | Recruiting | Universidad Complutense de Madrid | 88 | 2026-05-13 | 2026-05-14 |
| Immediate and 1-week Efficacy of a Single Session of Sciatic Nerve Electrical Stimulation in the Management of Low-back Related Leg Pain Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, Placebo Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation - Sciatica | Not applicable | Recruiting | Universidad Complutense de Madrid | 88 | 2026-05-13 | 2026-05-14 |
| TENS for Limb Function in Stroke: Design and Rationale for a Randomized Trial Low-frequency(2HZ) TENS, High-frequency(100HZ) TENS, Placebo TENS - Stroke | Not applicable | Not yet recruiting | CHENGNING Song | 156 | 2025-10-01 | 2025-08-28 |
| Acute Effects of TENS on Cervical Muscle Stiffness and Pain in Neck Pain Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, Sham TENS - Neck Pain, Chronic Neck Pain | Not applicable | Enrolling by invitation | Erzurum Technical University | 24 | 2025-09-23 | 2025-11-24 |
| AcuTENS for Pain Relief During TRUS-Guided Prostate Biopsy Active AcuTENS, Placebo TENS - Prostate Cancer, Procedural Pain Relief | Not applicable | Active not recruiting | University of Malaya | 53 | 2024-12-01 | 2025-12-24 |
| TENS for Pain Relief During Fusion-Guided Prostate Biopsy Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS), Sham Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (Sham TENS), Local Anesthesia - Prostate Cancer, Prostate Biopsy | Not applicable | Completed | Medical University of Gdansk | 84 | 2023-12-01 | 2026-01-09 |
| Photobiomodulation Therapy and Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Chronic Neck Pain Patients Active PBM, Active TENS, Placebo PBM - Chronic Neck Pain | Not applicable | Completed | Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos | 144 | 2020-01-06 | 2021-09-05 |
| Hypoalgesic Effect of Electrical Current and Cervical Manipulation Application of TENS, CJM, Placebo TENS - Pain | Not applicable | Completed | Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos | 144 | 2018-05-10 | 2019-02-08 |
| Pain Management and Patient Education for Physical Activity in Intermittent Claudication (PrEPAID) Active TENS, Patient-Centred Education, Placebo TENS - Peripheral Arterial Disease, Intermittent Claudication | Not applicable | Completed | Glasgow Caledonian University | 95 | 2017-08-01 | 2025-10-06 |
| Cryotherapy and TENS on Low Back Pain Conventional TENS, Burst TENS, Cryotherapy - Low Back Pain, Mechanical | Not applicable | Unknown | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte | 120 | 2017-05-29 | 2017-08-14 |
| Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation During Labor. TENS 1, TENS 2, Placebo TENS - Midwifery, Pregnancy | Not applicable | Completed | University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | 63 | 2017-05-01 | 2018-10-30 |
| Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for Advanced Cancer Pain Patients Modulated TENS, Placebo TENS - Advanced Cancer | Not applicable | Completed | University Hospital Freiburg | 20 | 2016-02-01 | 2018-07-26 |
| Study of TENS in Reducing Symptoms of Peripheral Neuropathy Induced by Chemotherapy active TENS, placebo TENS - Peripheral Neuropathy, Pain | Not applicable | Unknown | University of Sao Paulo General Hospital | 64 | 2014-06-01 | 2016-02-15 |
| Effect of TENS for Pain and Function After Total Knee Replacement Placebo TENS, Active TENS - Unilateral Primary Osteoarthritis of Knee, Primary Osteoarthritis of Knee Nos | Not applicable | Completed | Barbara A Rakel | 317 | 2008-05-01 | 2017-11-30 |
| The Effect of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Quadriceps Central Activation and Gait Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), Placebo TENS - Tibial Femoral Knee Osteoarthritis, Osteoarthritis | Not applicable | Completed | University of Virginia | 49 | 2007-11-01 | 2009-09-14 |
| TENS Effectiveness and Knee Osteoarthritis in Humans High Frequency TENS, Low frequency TENS, Placebo TENS - Knee Osteoarthritis | Not applicable | Completed | University of Iowa | 100 | 2006-11-01 | 2011-05-16 |
Agnosia (4) · Neck Pain (2) · Pain (2) · Prostatic Neoplasms (2) · Sciatica (2) · Chronic Pain (1) · Intermittent Claudication (1) · Labor Pain (1) · Low Back Pain (1) · Motor Activity (1) · Neuritis (1) · Osteoarthritis (1) · Osteoarthritis, Knee (1) · Paresthesia (1) · Peripheral Arterial Disease (1)
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2) · Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos (2) · Barbara A Rakel (1) · CHENGNING Song (1) · Erzurum Technical University (1) · Glasgow Caledonian University (1) · Medical University of Gdansk (1) · Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (1) · University Hospital Freiburg (1) · University of Iowa (1) · University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (1) · University of Malaya (1) · University of Sao Paulo General Hospital (1) · University of Virginia (1)
Brazil (5) · Spain (3) · United States (3) · United Kingdom (2) · China (1) · Germany (1) · Malaysia (1) · Poland (1) · Turkey (Türkiye) (1)
Barbara Rakel, PhD, RN (1) · Barbarb A Rakel, PhD (1) · Chris Seenan, PT, PhD (1) · Christopher Ingersoll, PhD (1) · Gerhild Becker, Prof., MD, MA, MSc (1) · Juan Francisco Loro, Professor (1) · Julie Brittenden, MD, FRCS (1) · Kathleen A Sluka, PhD (1) · Richard E Liebano, Dr. (1) · Tania Tonezzer, B.S (1)
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