About this trial
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of Interferential Current Therapy on pain, disability, and quality of life in patients with chronic neck pain and to compare the effects of applying Interferential Current Therapy with vacuum electrodes versus carbon-silicon pad electrodes.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients with chronic neck pain lasting at least 3 months
Ages between 20 and 50 years
Disqualifiers
Patients with inflammatory or infectious diseases and those with radiculopathy or myelopathy symptoms
Patients for whom electrotherapy is contraindicated (e.g., those with pregnancy, neurological conditions such as epilepsy, inner ear hearing aids, arrhythmias, pacemakers, active infections, skin lesions, etc.)
Individuals with a history of malignancy, major surgery, or previous trauma
Individuals who have received physical therapy within the last year
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Sham vacuum
- Interferential Current Therapy Vacuum Electrodes
- Interferential Current Therapy Carbon-silicon Pad Electrodes