NCT05262972

Percutaneous Needle Electrolysis on Metatarsalgia

Status unknown NA Last updated 2 November 2022

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Conservatory treatment in Metatarsalgia in 30 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline

1 March 2022

Primary endpoint
1 March 2022

30 September 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Seville
Phase	NA
Status	Status unknown
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	30
Start date	1 March 2022
Primary completion	1 March 2022
Estimated completion	30 September 2023
Sites	1 location across Spain

Drugs / interventions tested

• Conservatory treatment
• Innovate treatment

Conditions studied

• Metatarsalgia — all drugs for Metatarsalgia →

Sponsor

University of Seville

Who can join

Adults 40 to 65, female only, with Metatarsalgia. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Percutaneous electrolysis is a minimally invasive method that involves the application of a galvanic current through an acupuncture needle. The needle is placed directly into the soft tissue structures, essential with ultrasound guidance. This technique involves the combination of mechanical stimulation produced by the needle and electrical/biochemical stimulation provided by the electrical current.

Endogenous pain modulation shows clinical relevance of this technique and plays an important role in the experience of pain.

Plantar plate injury is a pathology that frequently occurs in the forefoot, especially in middle-aged women, causing metatarsalgia that is sometimes very intense. In most cases it is secondary to a mechanical imbalance of the forefoot, related to an insufficiency of the first radius. For this reason, the researchers hypothesize that the application of ultrasound-guided percutaneous electrolysis on the plantar plate, combined with the conservative treatment consisting of the development of a personalized plantar orthosis, can cause positive effects in the patient's clinic as well as improve their quality of life.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.