Dry Needling Treatment in Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain

Kars State Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Shoulder Pain; Myofascial Pain; Hemiplegia

Treatments: Other: Conventional physical therapy plus dry needling; Other: Conventional physical therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04790071

2015-KAEK-43-20-12

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the efficacy of dry needling therapy on shoulder pain and upper extremity functions in hemiplegic patients.

Full description

The myofascial trigger point is an overlooked issue in hemiplegic shoulder pain. Our aim in this study is to evaluate whether dry needling treatment contributes to the conventional treatment approach.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The patients included in the study were aged between 30-60 years, with at least a 3-month history of hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke.

Exclusion criteria

• if they had severe difficulty in communication
• had received a corticosteroid injection within 3 months prior to enrollment
• had bleeding diathesis, a history of shoulder surgery
• a preexisting painful shoulder disorder, or had a cardiac pacemaker.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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46 participants in 2 patient groups

Conventional therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

It covers the classical physical therapy modalities that patients will take for shoulder pain.

Treatment:

Other: Conventional physical therapy

Conventional therapy plus dry needling

Active Comparator group

Description:

It covers the classical physical therapy modalities that patients will take for shoulder pain. It also refers to the dry needling treatment to be applied.

Treatment:

Other: Conventional physical therapy plus dry needling