Effects of Dry Needling in Teres Major in Patients With Shoulder Pain

University of Zaragoza

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Shoulder Pain

Treatments: Other: Dry needling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04777578

CASVE-NM-21-504

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 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: Double Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

DN

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Dry needling

Control

No Intervention group