Latent Myofascial Trigger Points in the Craniocervical Region

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Myofascial Pain Syndrome
• Interventions: Device: Soft tissue techniques and Stretching; Device: Neural mobilization; Device: Control group

• Registration Number: NCT03327545
• Lead Sponsor: Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus

Brief Summary

Myofascial pain is a clinical problem that has generated interest, debate and confusion for decades. According to studies anywhere between 33 and 97 % of patients with musculoskeletal pain visiting physicians and manual therapists are diagnosed with Myofascial Trigger Points (MTrPs). MTrPs are localized, hyperirritable points that are associated with palpable nodules in taut bands (TB) of muscle fibres. MTrPs can be classified into active and latent. Latent MTrPs demonstrate the same clinical characteristics as active MTrPs but they do not provoke spontaneous pain. The myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) are common in healthy subjects and in patients with musculoskeletal pain, and could produce sensitive disturbances and motor dysfunctions

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-01
• Primary Completion: 2017-02
• Study Completion: 2017-07
• Status Verified: 2017-10
• Study First Submitted: 2017-10-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-10-26
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-10-26
• Study First Posted: 2017-10-31
• Last Update Posted: 2017-10-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Neck pain

Exclusion Criteria

• myelopathy
• fracture
• infection
• dystonia
• tumor
• inflammatory disease
• fibromyalgia
• or osteoporosis

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Experimental Group 2	Soft tissue techniques and Stretching	Soft tissue techniques and Stretching right side of the craniocervical for a total of 12 minutes
Experimental Group 1	Neural mobilization	Neural mobilization for a total of 12 minutes
Control group	Control group	Control group

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from Pain intensity at 24 hours	24 hours, 5 minutes after the treatment	Pressure Pain Thresholds (PPT) will be assessed bilaterally over the masseter, temporalis, trapezius and suboccipital muscles by an assessor blinded to the subjects condition.
Maximum mouth opening without pain at 24 hours	24 hours, 5 minutes after the treatment	Is the ability to open the mouth so widely as you could without pain.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) at 24 hours	24 hours, 5 minutes after the treatment	Will be used to measure PCS