Ear nerve stimulation plus rehabilitation for chronic back pain
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Pain clinical trials.
This trial tests a non-surgical treatment that stimulates a nerve in your ear while you do rehabilitation exercises to reduce chronic back pain. It may help if you've had pain for more than 6 months and pain medications aren't working well enough.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Age 30–65 years old
- Chronic muscle or skeletal back pain (not from trauma, fracture, tumor, or severe spine degeneration)
- Pain lasting more than 6 months that hasn't responded well to standard pain medications
- Ability to walk 300–480 meters in 6 minutes or similar functional capacity
- Pain intensity moderate (not mild, not severe) based on a standard pain scale
- No previous nerve stimulation treatments, no heart rhythm problems, and no active implanted devices like pacemakers
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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