Dry Needling and High Intensity Laser Therapy in Treatment of Myofascial Pain Syndrome

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Myofascial Pain Syndrome
• Interventions: Other: dry needle; Device: high intensity laser therapy

• Registration Number: NCT05078333
• Lead Sponsor: Emine Dundar Ahi

Brief Summary

108 myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) diagnosed patients will be randomly divided into 3 groups. To groups; exercise, exercise+high-intensity laser therapy (HILT) and exercise+dry needling will be applied. Visual anolog scale (VAS) scores and neck range of motion (ROM) of the patients before-after treatment will be recorded and will be evaluated statistically.

Detailed Description

Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a very common disease in the population that seriously affects the quality of life. Although many modalities are used in its treatment, there is still no common protocol. In this study, the investigators aim to compare the effectiveness of high-intensity laser therapy (HILT), which has been popular in recent years, with exercise and dry needling options that have been used for years.

In our study 108 myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) diagnosed patients will be randomly divided into 3 groups. To groups; exercise, exercise+high-intensity laser therapy (HILT) and exercise+dry needling will be applied. Visual anolog scale (VAS) scores and neck range of motion (ROM) of the patients before-after treatment will be recorded and will be evaluated statistically.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-08-16
• Study First Submitted: 2021-09-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-10-13
• Study First Posted: 2021-10-14
• Primary Completion: 2021-12-31
• Status Verified: 2022-01
• Study Completion: 2022-01-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-01-08
• Last Update Posted: 2022-01-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 108

Inclusion Criteria

• diagnosed with neck and / or back pain
• diagnosed with MPS
• had a taut band on the trapezius muscle and at least one active trigger point

Exclusion Criteria

• Diagnosed with fibromyalgia,
• had systemic disease,
• significant cervical disc lesion / radiculopathy / myelopathy,
• had trigger point injection in the last 6 months,
• had neck or shoulder surgery in the year before being included in the study,
• was pregnant,
• received anticoagulant therapy,
• used aspirin in the last three days, and
• with the cognitive dysfunction patients

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
exercise+dry needling	dry needle	In addition to the exercise program, dry needling (on 3 trigger points on the bilateral trapezius muscle) will be applied to the other 36 randomly selected patients with an acupuncture needle with a size of 0.25x0.25 by the PMR specialist for a total of 6 sessions twice a week for 3 weeks.
exercise+HILT	high intensity laser therapy	In addition to the exercise program, randomly selected 36 case patients + HILT (BTL brand 6000 series, United Kingdom), to the cervical area, for the a period of 3 week-weekdays, 15-minute period and 15 sessions (1.02 minutes for each 25 cm² painful area, analgesic phase, with an anergy 8.0 W, a dose 5 J / cm², a frequency of 25 Hz and total 125 joules) will be applied.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual anolog scale (VAS)	10 seconds	A Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) is a horizontal line, 100 mm in length measurement instrument that tries to measure the amount of pain that a patient feels ranges across a continuum from none to an extreme amount of pain.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
neck range of motion (ROM)	3 minutes	Range of motion (ROM) of the cervical vertebra (flexion, extansion, right-left lateral flexion, right-left rotation) will be measured with goniometre 3 times by a physiotherapist, who does not know the content of the study and mean values will be recorded.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Private Medar Hospital; 🇹🇷 Kocaeli, Turkey