Cupping in patients with neck pain.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Chronic Neck Pain/ Physiotherapy ModalitiesC10.597.617.576
- Registration Number
- RBR-46kbnp
- Lead Sponsor
- Departamento de Ciências da Saúde e Biológicas da Universidade Federal do Amapá
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Neck Disability Index (NDI) score>5 points and punctuation on the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) > 3;
Present bilateral and active trigger point, centrally located in the trapezius muscle descendent fibers.
Exclusion Criteria
The exclusion criteria adopted in the present study will be individuals with a history of cervical trauma; head, face or cervical surgery; cervical hernia; degenerative diseases of the spine; have undergone physiotherapeutic treatment in the last three months; use of analgesic, anti-inflammatory or muscle relaxants in the last week; presence of systemic diseases; medical diagnosis of fibromyalgia.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Increase in pressure pain threshold, verified through algometry for a variation of at least 5% in pre and post-intervention measurements.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Reduction in pain intensity, quantified using the Numerical Pain Scale from a variation of at least 5% in the pre- and post-intervention measurements.;Reduction in cervical disability, assessed by the Neck Disability Index (NDI) questionnaire from a variation of at least 5% at the beginning and at the end of the interventions.; Reduction of catastrophization, quantified through the Pain-Related Self-Statement Scale (PRSS) questionnaire from a variation of at least 5% in the pre- and post-intervention measurements.;Change in cutaneous temperature, assessed by infrared thermography from a variation of at least 5% in pre and post-intervention measurements.