Effect of Dry Cupping and Ischemic Compression on the Trigger Point on the Upper Trapezius Muscle

Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education

Status

Completed

Conditions

Trigger Point Pain, Myofascial

Treatments

Other: 1) cupping therapy

Other: 2) control test (no intervention)

Other: 3) ischemic compression

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05123105

SKE 01-03/2021

Details and patient eligibility

About

Ischemic compression is considered the fastest and most common method for providing relief in trigger point therapy, whereas cupping therapy is not a method often used for this purpose. The muscle that has a great impact on tension-type headaches and neck pain is the trapezius, whose upper fibres are where the most common trigger point in the back is located.

The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of single ischemic compression and single dry cupping therapy on the most common trigger point, on the descending part of the trapezius muscle.

Enrollment

25 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 30 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

age 18-30
student of The Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw
written consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

past or current injury to the trapezius.
past or current injury of the cervical spine limiting mobility of this segment.
broken skin at the examination site.
cardiological disease and use of blood pressure medication, histamine medication and analgesics
elevated body temperature, illness symptoms and a period of convalescence.
a missed anti-Covid procedure before each examination.
inability to find trigger points.