Comparative Effects of Two Conservative Treatments in Teres Major in Handball Athletes With Shoulder Pain

University of Zaragoza

Status: Completed

Conditions: Shoulder Pain; Dry Needling; Athletic Injuries; Diacutaneous Fibrolysis

Treatments: Other: Dry needling; Other: Diacutaneous Fibrolysis

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05080439

University of Valladolid.

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to investigate the effects of the dry needling technique and diacutaneous fibrolysis technique in teres major muscles on pain, range of motion, strength extensibility and muscular properties of the soft tissues of the shoulder in athletes with shoulder pain.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Athletes with Shoulder pain
• Glenohumeral internal rotation deficit
• Presence of active MTrP in the teres major muscle

Exclusion criteria

• Previous surgery in the upper limb
• Previous physiotherapy treatments in the shoulder
• Dry needling contraindications
• Previous dry needling experience to mantain the blinding

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Diacutaneous Fibrolysis

Experimental group

Description:

Diacutaneous Fibrolysis in the teres major muscle

Treatment:

Other: Diacutaneous Fibrolysis

Dry needling

Experimental group

Description:

Dry needling based on fast-in fast-out technique in the teres major muscle

Treatment:

Other: Dry needling