Effects of Dry Needling on Stiffness in Latent Trigger Points

University of Castilla-La Mancha

Status: Completed

Conditions: Trigger Points

Treatments: Device: Control-Dry Needling; Device: Intervention-Dry Needling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04394741

DNStiffness

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether application of Dry Needling (DN) is effective for reduced on Stiffness in Latent trigger point (LTrP) of upper trapezius. The secondary purposes are to determine the correlation on two elastography for stiffness measure (Shear-wave elastography and Strain elastography). Randomized controlled trial, in parallel with cross-control design. Two groups with LTrP in upper trapezius, and will be randomly selected to DN group or Sham-Dn group.

Enrollment: 51 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 18 and 30 years
• The presence of LTrP in the middle third of the upper trapezius muscle on the dominant side
• Being able to provide written informed consent
• Being able to follow instructions and realize clinical tests

Exclusion criteria

• Any pharmacological therapeutic
• Any medical treatment or physical therapies at cervical region during the 6-month before this study - Any diagnosed health problem
• Any history of head and upper extremity surgery or trauma
• Any red flags to DN, (ie: metabolic diseases, pregnancy, kinesiophobia, Infection, cancer)
• Absence of recurrent history of neck pain
• No neck pain symptomatology the previous 6 months
• Cervical disk herniation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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51 participants in 2 patient groups

Deep Dry Needling

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention-Dry Needling: Deep Dry Needing into the latent trigger point of the upper trapezius muscle

Treatment:

Device: Intervention-Dry Needling

Sham Dry Needling

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Control-Dry Needling: Sham Dry Needling into the latent trigger point of the upper trapezius muscle

Treatment:

Device: Control-Dry Needling

Device: Intervention-Dry Needling