The Effect of Counterstrain Technique on Muscle Stiffness and Pain on Trapezius Tender Points in Medical Students
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 27
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Pain level
研究概览
简要总结
Medical students are prone to developing neck pain due to prolonged studying and poor posture. This can manifest as tender points in the upper trapezius region. Counterstrain (CS) is an osteopathic manipulative technique that has shown efficacy in previous studies in treating tender points. The MyotonPRO is a myotonometric device that can be used to measure various muscle parameters such as muscle stiffness. There is limited research regarding the use of osteopathic manipulative medicine to produce measurable changes in muscle stiffness by the MyotonPRO. This educational study aims to establish the efficacy of CS technique in decreasing the pain level of upper trapezius tender points in medical students as well as determining if CS causes a significant decrease in muscle stiffness in treated tender points as measured by the MyotonPRO. The investigators hope this educational study will encourage further studies on how osteopathic manipulative techniques affects the physiologic parameters of muscles.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
盲法说明
The participant felt which side was being treated however, the investigator measuring the physiologic parameters of the muscle with the MyotonPRO was blinded in terms of what side was being treated.
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Subject is at least 18 years of age
排除标准
- •Traumatized (sprained or strained) tissues, which would be negatively affected by the positioning of the patient
- •Illness or other conditions in which strict positional restrictions preclude treatment
- •Instability of the area being positioned that has the potential to produce unwanted neurologic or vascular side effects
- •Vascular or neurologic syndromes, such as basilar insufficiency or neural foraminal compromise whereby the position of treatment has the potential to exacerbate the condition
- •Severe degenerative spondylosis with local fusion and no motion at the level where treatment positioning would normally take place
- •Pregnancy
- •Positive for COVID-19 as well as symptoms indicating a SARS-CoV-2 infection
结局指标
主要结局
Pain level
时间窗: This was done immediately before and immediately after counterstrain treatment. Counterstrain treatment is a hands-on osteopathic manipulative technique that involves shortening the muscle belly of the painful region.
Pain level of the tender point as rated by the test subject out of a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being very little pain and 10 being the most pain the test subject has ever felt.
次要结局
- Muscle Stiffness(This was done immediately before and immediately after counterstrain treatment. Counterstrain treatment is a hands-on osteopathic manipulative technique that involves shortening the muscle belly of the painful region.)