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Efficacy of TECAR Therapy in Patients With Fibromyalgia
Sponsor: Ankara City Hospital Bilkent
Summary
A total of 46 patients aged 18-65 years diagnosed with fibromyalgia according to the 2016 ACR criteria, whose most painful region was axial (neck, back, or lower back), were included in the study and randomly assigned upon admission into treatment ($n=23$) and sham control ($n=23$) groups. The treatment group received real TECAR therapy using the BTL-6000 TR Therapy Pro device for a total of 6 sessions over 3 weeks at a frequency of 2 days per week (each 30-minute session consisting of 10 minutes of capacitive and 5 minutes of resistive modes applied to each of the 2 most painful regions), while the control group underwent the exact same protocol applied as sham therapy at 1% power in pulsed mode.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 65 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
46
Start Date
2025-04-07
Completion Date
2026-06-15
Last Updated
2026-08-17
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
TECAR Therapy
TECAR therapy will be applied to the 2 most painful regions, 2 days per week for a total of 6 sessions. Each session will consist of 10 minutes of capacitive mode followed by 5 minutes of resistive mode
Sham TECAR Therapy
Sham TECAR therapy will be applied to ionizing/similar protocol to the 2 most painful regions, 2 days per week for a total of 6 sessions, using 1% power in pulsed mode.
Locations (1)
Üniversiteler Mahallesi, Bilkent Caddesi, No: 1 (veya 6000. Cadde, No: 9) Çankaya Ankara Turkey
Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)