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High Frequency RF Current Effects on Muscle Pain and Function
Led by Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki · Updated on 2026-04-21
200
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
400 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The purpose of this study is to examine the acute and chronic effects of high frequency electrical current transfer (frequently called "TECAR") on pain and functional movement in individuals with a musculoskeletal injury or pain. The participants will be assigned into an experimental or a control group and outcome measures will be measured prior to, after, 24 and 48 hours following a single intervention session (Acute effects) as well as 3 and 6 months after the intervention (chronic effects).
CONDITIONS
Official Title
High Frequency RF Current Effects on Muscle Pain and Function
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Age over 18 years and under 65 years
- Amateur soccer players or sprinters with regular, systematic training
- Suspected Grade I or II hamstring strain
- Cessation of training due to injury
- Pain located between lower ribs and gluteal folds lasting less than half the days in the past six months
- Pain intensity greater than or equal to 6/10 on the Visual Analogue Scale
- Chronic low back pain episodes for at least half the days during the last 6 months
- Pain intensity greater than or equal to 20% on the Visual Analogue Scale
- Discontinuation of NSAIDs or analgesics 1 day before and 48 hours after measurement
You will not qualify if you...
- History of injury to the same muscle on the same side within the last 6 months
- Other injuries to the posterior thigh or chronic pain in trunk or lower limbs
- Use of NSAIDs in the 3 months prior to injury
- Radiographic evidence of inflammatory spinal disease
- Spinal fracture or significant genetic structural abnormality of the spine
- Pregnancy
- Psychiatric disorders
- Receipt of systemic medication or treatment in the last 3 months
- Presence of neurological deficits
- Receipt of TENS or TECAR therapy within the last year
- Spinal stenosis, vertebral fracture, spondylolisthesis, or spondylolytic lesion
- Daily, severe low back pain
- Use of medications that might affect heart rate or blood pressure
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
Physiotherapy Clinic
Kavala, Greece, 64100
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2
Laboratory of Neuromechanics, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Serres, Greece, 62100
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Research Team
E
Eleftherios Kellis, Ph.D.
CONTACT
A
Anna Kellis, MSc
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
TRIPLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
3
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