Role of myofascial trigger points in fibromyalgia

Completed

• Conditions: Fibromyalgia syndrome; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Other soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified

• Registration Number: ISRCTN43167547
• Lead Sponsor: The American Fibromyalgia Syndrome Association, Inc. (AFSA) (USA)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-03-04
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients have FM diagnosis confirmed by a physician according to The American
College of Rheumatology (ACR) 1990 criteria for the classification of fibromyalgia
2. Control group:
2.1. No current spontaneous pain
2.2. No major pain experience during the past month prior to experiment
2.3. No pain-related diagnoses (e.g., FM, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, low back pain, etc.)
3. Participants are female and aged between 20 - 70 years

Exclusion Criteria

1. Pregnancy
2. Drug addiction
3. Infectious diseases
4. Signs of poor cooperation to the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ocal pain and referred pain pattern from MTPs, together with the locations of the MTPs are <br>recorded on an anatomic body map. Taken 10 seconds following manual stimulation of an MTP.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Existence of the spontanous electrical activity with intramuscular electromyography from the MTPs. Taken after manual stimulation of all MTPs in order not to influence the MTP sensitivity by EMG needle insertion.