Exercise and Post-dry Needling Soreness

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Shoulder Pain

• Registration Number: NCT02558686
• Lead Sponsor: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Brief Summary

Application of trigger point dry needling can induce post-dry needling soreness. This is not a negative experience, but sometimes some patients want to reduce it as much as possible. Manual therapies and exercise strategies targeting to decrease post-dry needling soreness need to be investigated.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2015-09-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-09-22
• Study First Posted: 2015-09-24
• Study Start: 2015-10
• Status Verified: 2016-01
• Primary Completion: 2016-01
• Study Completion: 2016-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-01-20
• Last Update Posted: 2016-01-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

• Unilateral non-traumatic shoulder pain
• Shoulder pain from at least 6 months
• Shoulder pain of more than 3 points on a NPRS
• Presence of active trigger point in the infraspinatus muscle

Exclusion Criteria

• bilateral shoulder pain
• younger than 18 or older than 65 years
• shoulder injury
• upper extremity surgery
• fibromyalgia syndrome
• neck or shoulder surgery
• cervical radiculopathy
• whiplash
• any type of intervention for the neck-shoulder the previous year

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in post-dry needling pain intensity before and after the intervention	Baseline, 24 hours after, 48 hours after and 72 hours after treatment	A Numerical Pain Rate Scale (NPRS, 0-10) will be used to record post-dry needling soreness and pain

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in functionality before and after the intervention	Baseline and 72 hours after treatment	The Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) questionnaire will be used to assess function of the uppr extremity related to shoulder pain
Changes in spontaneous shoulder pain before and after the intervention	Baseline and 72 hours after treatment	A Numerical Pain Rate Scale (NPRS, 0-10) will be used to assess spontaneous shoulder pain
Changes in disability before and after the intervention	Baseline and 72 hours after treatment	The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire will be used to assess disability induced by shoulder pain.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Universidad Rey Juan Carlos; 🇪🇸 Alcorcon, Madrid, Spain