Delibašić M, Kraft K, Chair of Complementary medicine, University of

Rostock, Germany

To evaluate the effect of therapy with DENAS (dynamic-electro-neuro-adaptive-stimulation) in patients with unspecific chronic neck pain

Design: Bicentre observational study Standard treatment + DENAS NSAID intake unchanged Standardised study protocol Informed consent Setting: In-patients of an 1. Orthopaedic rehabilitation clinic (clinic 1: male and female) 2. Rehabilitation clinic for mother and child (clinic 2: only females)

Inclusion Age: 25-70 years Chronic unspecific neck pain as

main/add. diagnosis Visual analogue scale (VAS) for

pain between 3-10 cm at day of inclusion

Exclusion Specific neckpain Inflammatory or rheumatic

disease Somatoform pain disorder Metallic implant in the upper

body area Uncontrolled arterial

hypertension Larger skin injuries or acute

skin diseases in the cervical spine area

Acute infection, tumor Recent postoperative state in

the cervical spine area Alcohol or substance abuse Recent aplication of

acupuncture, neural- or electrotherapy in the cervical spine region

VAS (10 point scale): Main evaluation parameter

SES (standard pain perception scale, sensory and affective subdivision)

(Edgar Geissner: Hogrefe 1996) General rating of tolerability (patient)

NUMBER OF THE PATIENTS; ∑N=85 AVERAGE AGE ± STDEV

[Nr. of diagnoses]

±1.6

±1.8

[cm]±1.2

±1.7

±1.7

±2.2

±26.1

[%]

p (sens) <0.001p (aff) <0.001 p (sens) <0.001

p (aff) =0.02

∑N=85

p (sens) <0.001p (aff) =0.02

p (sens) <0.001p (aff) =0.03

DENAS CLINIC 1 (N=24) DENAS CLINIC 2 (N=26)

[%] [%]

Adverse events

Patients(N)

Therapy Nr.

Relation to DENAS

Muscle tension

2 1. unknown

Headache 1 1. + 2. unknown

Itching and burning

1 1. Yes: Overdose

During rehabilitation DENAS is an effective and well-tolerated treatment for patients with chronic unspecific neck pain.

It can be integrated without any problems into the regular treatment process in rehabilitation clinics in Germany.

During rehabilitation, treatment with DENAS is able to substitute other time consuming or personnel-intensive treatments