Effectiveness Of The Application Of Percutaneous Electrolysis On Muscular Scar Tissue.

University of Salamanca

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Muscle Injury; Fibrosis

Treatments: Procedure: Simulated Percutaneous Electrolysis; Procedure: High intensity percutaneous electrolysis; Procedure: Low intensity Percutaneous Electrolysis

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06713200

PI 2023 08 1418 - TD

Details and patient eligibility

About

OBJECTIVE: Determine the effectiveness of an intervention that consists of the application of percutaneous electrolysis in different doses compared to the application of a simulated intervention in adults who present a muscle tear in the internal gastrocnemius.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: Around fifty adults with muscle tears in the medial gastrocnemius will be included in the following study. The first group will be treated with high-intensity percutaneous electrolysis (3 mA), the second group will be treated with low-intensity percutaneous electrolysis (0.3 mA), and the third group will receive a sham intervention. Myofascial pain, level of kinesiophobia, range of ankle dorsiflexion with full knee extension, and triceps surae muscle fatigue will be evaluated both before and after treatment.

APPLICABILITY OF THE EXPECTED RESULTS: The results of this study are intended to help provide information about the effects of electrolysis on muscle tears, thus improving their management. Likewise, this work can contribute to the knowledge of the use of percutaneous electrolysis since it applies two protocols with different intensity and application time. In this way, it will provide information on the treatment, management and prognosis of muscle injuries addressed through invasive physiotherapy and more specifically, percutaneous electrolysis.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Muscle injury in the medial gastrocnemius

• Pain in the area of injury

• Informed of the purpose, risks and benefits of this study and written consent to participate in the trial.

  • Available for follow-up.

Exclusion criteria

• Active rehabilitation for another musculoskeletal pathology.
• Belenophobia
• Immunosuppression.
• Uncontrolled metabolic diseases.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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50 participants in 3 patient groups

Subjects treated with high-intensity percutaneous electrolysis.

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: High intensity percutaneous electrolysis

Subjects treated with low intensity percutaneous electrolysis.

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Low intensity Percutaneous Electrolysis

Subjects treated with simulated percutaneous electrolysis

Sham Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Simulated Percutaneous Electrolysis