Effects of Different Sessions of Shockwave Therapy on Upper Trapezius Trigger Points
Phase 2
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/10/046704
- Lead Sponsor
- Melissa Tracy Cardoso
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Students who do not engage in physical activity. Students with upper trapezius trigger point, with or without pain
radiating to head or upper extremity on the side of the trigger point.
Exclusion Criteria
Long-term corticosteroid therapy over the upper trapezius.
Coagulation disorders or anticoagulant therapy
On Analgesic medication
Specific cause for neck pain:Local infection, nerve root compression, cervical disc herniation, myelopathy, spinal stenosis, spondylosis, trigger point injections within previous 2 months, previous Upper back and cervical spine surgeries within a year
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pressure algometer (the point that elicited the higher pain <br/ ><br>intensity)Timepoint: Pre-intervention, post-intervention and follow up.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method VAS at the same applied pressure point.Timepoint: Pre-intervention, post-intervention and follow up.