The Effectiveness of Dry Needling on Reducing Spasticity and Promoting Mobility and Balance in People With Multiple Sclerosis
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 24
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Spasticity
研究概览
简要总结
The investigators are doing this study to see if a treatment called dry needling improves muscle spasticity (muscle tightness) in people who have Multiple Sclerosis. Dry needling involves using tiny needles, like those in acupuncture, to target some muscles, like calf muscles. It differs from traditional acupuncture as it focuses on treating or managing muscle spots, aiming to reduce muscle stiffness and pain. Dry needling may offer a minimally-invasive and medication-free approach to improve muscle spasticity. The investigators hope to see if dry needling also helps enhance balance and walking abilities. This might provide potential improvements inoverall mobility and balance.
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
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 64 Years(Adult)
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Age 18 to 64 years
- •Clinical diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis based on the McDonald Criteria
- •Spasticity in their lower legs
- •Patient Determined Disease Steps (PDDS) score of 5 or below
排除标准
- •Inability to communicate effectively with study personnel
- •Needle phobia
- •Severe varicose veins
- •Presence of an active implanted device
- •Pregnancy
- •Any active cancer or history within 1 year
- •known or suspected infection at the site of needling or in the surrounding area
- •Presence of a fixed plantarflexion contracture at the ankle
- •Acute fracture of dislocation in the region (bilateral lower extremity)
- •Deep vein thrombosis or peripheral vascular disease
- •Thrombophlebitis, or active osteomyelitis in the region (bilateral lower extremity)
- •Any medication changes, including antispastic medicines, for the past three months.
研究组 & 干预措施
Dry needling
Participants will complete three sessions of dry needling through three weeks (one session per each week)
干预措施: Dry needling (Device)
Sham DN
Participants randomized to the control group will be receiving sham needling
干预措施: Sham dry needling (Device)
结局指标
主要结局
Spasticity
时间窗: 5 weeks
Spasticity will be assessed through the Modified Ashworth scale (Scored between 0 to 4, with higher scores show higher level of spasticity)
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Jacob J. Sosnoff, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
University of Kansas Medical Center
