Effect of Different Duration of Dry Needling on Muscles Strength of Flexor Forearm Muscles of Dominant Hand in Healthy Subjects

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Dry Needling
• Interventions: Device: dry needling; Other: kinesio taping

• Registration Number: NCT05533437
• Lead Sponsor: Majmaah University

Brief Summary

Dry needling is typically used to treat muscles, ligaments, tendons, subcutaneous fascia, scar tissue, peripheral nerves, and neurovascular bundles for the management of a variety of neuromusculoskeletal pain syndromes.However, there are contradictory research articles about the optimal duration of dry needling per session.

Detailed Description

Dry needling is 'an invasive technique used by physical therapists to treat myofascial pain that uses a dry needle, without medication or injection, which is inserted into areas of the muscle known as trigger point defines dry needling as including both muscular and connective tissues, but not neural stimulation. The paper reads, 'dry needling is a skilled intervention that uses a thin filiform needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate underlying myofascial trigger points, muscular, and connective tissues for the management of neuromusculoskeletal pain and movement impairments.

The dry needling is reported to improve the level of pain, muscle strength, and flexibility. However, the optimal duration of dry needling to improve muscle strength is still Unknown.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-11-03
• Primary Completion: 2022-03-01
• Study Completion: 2022-03-01
• Status Verified: 2022-09
• Study First Submitted: 2022-09-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-09-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-09-08
• Study First Posted: 2022-09-09
• Last Update Posted: 2022-09-09

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 64

Inclusion Criteria

Patient with osteoarthritis

Exclusion Criteria

Patient with musculoskeletal disorders Metabolic disorders causing knee pain Surgery

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Dry needling	dry needling	During dry needling, a practitioner inserts several filiform needles into your skin. Filiform needles are fine, short, stainless steel needles that don't inject fluid into the body.
kinesio taping	kinesio taping	The Kinesio Taping Method is a therapeutic taping technique which alleviates pain and facilitates lymphatic drainage by microscopically lifting the skin. This lifting affect forms convolutions in the skin increasing interstitial space and allowing for decreased inflammation in affected areas. Based upon research and years of clinical use, The Kinesio Taping Method specifically applies Kinesio tape based on evaluation and assessment to dictate a specific application.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Level of pain on pain scale	3 months	Level of pain in the pain scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

AIMHS; 🇮🇳 New Delhi, India