Myofascial Pain and Central Sensitization

Completed

• Conditions: Physical Therapy; Myofascial Pain
• Interventions: Other: Physical Therapy

• Registration Number: NCT04929171
• Lead Sponsor: University of Michigan

Brief Summary

This prospective, observational cohort pilot study compared pain phenotyping and functional measures in 30 participants with non-acute neck and/or shoulder girdle pain consistent with primary myofascial pain at 3-months following a physical therapy referral to study the impact of their baseline degree of pain amplification.

Detailed Description

Not available

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-05-02
• Primary Completion: 2019-11-23
• Study Completion: 2019-11-23
• Status Verified: 2021-06
• Study First Submitted: 2021-06-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-06-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-06-10
• Study First Posted: 2021-06-18
• Last Update Posted: 2021-06-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• English-speaking participants
• Diagnosed by their physician with non-acute (more than two weeks) neck and/or shoulder girdle primary myofascial pain
• Referred to a physical therapy treatment.

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Exclusion Criteria

• In an effort to reduce the potential that another medical condition could lead to a secondary myofascial pain response, extensive comorbid exclusion criterion.
• Use of chronic high-dose opioid medication greater than 100 mg oral morphine equivalents per day.
• Individuals receiving or applying for compensation or disability.
• The inability to provide informed consent.
• Severe physical impairment (e.g., blindness, deafness)
• Co-morbid medical condition limiting function (e.g., malignant cancer)
• Reported illicit drug use
• Severe psychiatric condition that would limit judgment.
• Lack of internet access.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Patients with myofascial pain having centralized pain features	Physical Therapy	Adult patients with myofascial pain having centralized pain features who will be undergoing physical therapy

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Neck Disability Index	Baseline to 3 months	Function neck scale with a total possible score of 50 indicating worse function compared to a score of 0.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in PEG Score	Baseline to 3 months	Multidimensional measure for initial assessment and follow-up of chronic pain in a primary care setting. The average of 3 domains with an averaged score of 0 to 10; 0 means lower pain interference and 10 means higher pain interference with life.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Michigan; 🇺🇸 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States