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Clinical Trials/IRCT20240323061355N1
IRCT20240323061355N1
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Effects of Craniocervical Muscles Dry Needling on Somatosensory Tinnitus Symptoms: A Double Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

Tehran University of Medical Sciences0 sites24 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
未知
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Somatosensory Tinnitus.
Sponsor
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Enrollment
24
Status
Recruiting
Last Updated
last year

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
last year
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients of both sexes with unilateral or bilateral tinnitus and at least 3 months have passed since the onset of symptoms.
  • Existence of Sanchez, Levine and Michiel criteria to determine somatic tinnitus
  • The presence of at least one Latent or active trigger point in the head and neck and shoulder girdle
  • Normal audiometry

Exclusion Criteria

  • Having contraindications for using needles such as fear of needles, lymphedema in the region, Vascular and blood diseases, use of blood thinners such as warfarin
  • Taking pain\-reducing drugs such as anti\-inflammatories and muscle relaxants in the 30 days before the evaluation
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Having previous experience of using dry needling technique in the head, neck and shoulder girdle region
  • Manual therapy to reduce pain in the craniocervical region in the 30 days prior to evaluation
  • Occurrence of symptoms that indicate that the patient's tinnitus symptoms are otological, such as sudden deafness, infection of ear, damage to the eardrum and suffering from diseases such as Meniere's, perilymphatic fistula, etc.
  • The presence of abnormal posture in the head and neck region caused by neurological lesions
  • The patient's unwillingness to continue the treatment and cooperate in the research

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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