Effect of Different Duration of Dry Needling on Muscles Strength of Flexor Forearm Muscles of Dominant Hand in Healthy Subjects

Majmaah University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dry Needling

Treatments: Device: dry needling; Other: kinesio taping

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05533437

AIHMS-2 New Delhi

Details and patient eligibility

About

Dry needling is typically used to treat muscles, ligaments, tendons, subcutaneous fascia, scar tissue, peripheral nerves, and neurovascular bundles for the management of a variety of neuromusculoskeletal pain syndromes.However, there are contradictory research articles about the optimal duration of dry needling per session.

Full description

Dry needling is 'an invasive technique used by physical therapists to treat myofascial pain that uses a dry needle, without medication or injection, which is inserted into areas of the muscle known as trigger point defines dry needling as including both muscular and connective tissues, but not neural stimulation. The paper reads, 'dry needling is a skilled intervention that uses a thin filiform needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate underlying myofascial trigger points, muscular, and connective tissues for the management of neuromusculoskeletal pain and movement impairments.

The dry needling is reported to improve the level of pain, muscle strength, and flexibility. However, the optimal duration of dry needling to improve muscle strength is still Unknown.

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 45 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patient with osteoarthritis

Exclusion criteria

Patient with musculoskeletal disorders Metabolic disorders causing knee pain Surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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64 participants in 2 patient groups

Dry needling

Experimental group

Description:

During dry needling, a practitioner inserts several filiform needles into your skin. Filiform needles are fine, short, stainless steel needles that don't inject fluid into the body.

Treatment:

Device: dry needling

kinesio taping

Active Comparator group

Description:

The Kinesio Taping Method is a therapeutic taping technique which alleviates pain and facilitates lymphatic drainage by microscopically lifting the skin. This lifting affect forms convolutions in the skin increasing interstitial space and allowing for decreased inflammation in affected areas. Based upon research and years of clinical use, The Kinesio Taping Method specifically applies Kinesio tape based on evaluation and assessment to dictate a specific application.

Treatment:

Other: kinesio taping