Effectiveness of Dry Needling and Intramuscular Electrostimulation in the Treatment of Myofascial Trigger Points in Patients With Neck Pain
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 80
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Pressure Pain Threshold (PPT)
研究概览
简要总结
Hypothesis The application of intramuscular electrostimulation will be more effectiveness than the dry needling in myofascial trigger points treatment.
Objetives:
To determine the effectiveness of intramuscular electrostimulation in the treatment of trigger points of the levator scapula muscle for the improvement of pain in mechanical cervicalgia.
Participants: Subjects with diagnosed of myofascial pain syndrome in cervical region and active trigger points in levator scapulae muscle, randomly assigned to experimental or control group.
Intervention: Control group: one session of dry needling in active trigger points; experimental group: one session of intramuscular stimulation in active trigger points.
Main Outcomes Measures: Pain, pressure pain threshold (PPT), active cervical range of motion and strength muscle . The measures will be taken before, after and one week after the interventions.
详细描述
The muscle pain is one of the most common forms of musculoskeletal pain. Within muscular pain, the presence of myofascial trigger points (PG) in the musculature is a important and prevalent problem.
Currently one the techniques most used in the treatment of PG is dry needling. Dry needling has been shown effective in the treatment of neck pain associated with PGs.
To our knowledge, there are no studies that they have compared the effectiveness of dry needling and intramuscular stimulation by applying an electric current.
This study is a randomized clinical trial that aims to demonstrate that the application of an electric current associated with dry needling in the treatment of PG.
In this study we will treat subjects with cervical pain who they have active PGs in the levator scapulae muscle.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Investigator)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Cervical pain.
- •Active trigger points in levator scapulae muscle
排除标准
- •Pain Irradiation toward upper limb
- •Psychological disorders
- •Whiplash.
- •Neuropathic symptoms
- •Cervical and / or Shoulder Spine Surgery
结局指标
主要结局
Pressure Pain Threshold (PPT)
时间窗: Change from baseline at one week
An algometer Wagner FPI 10-WA will be used to determine the PPT in levator scapulae trigger points
次要结局
- Strength in cervical latero-flexion(Change from baseline at one week)
- Pain Visual Analogue Scale(Change from baseline at one week)
研究者
Prof. Dr. Daniel Pecos Martín
Dr. Pecos-Martin, Daniel (Principal Investigator)
University of Alcala