Effects of Spray and Stretch on Postneedling Soreness and Sensitivity After Dry Needling of a Latent Myofascial Trigger Point.

CEU San Pablo University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Pain After Dry Needling

Treatments: Other: Spray and stretch

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01608633

CEU-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pain after dry needling or injection in the muscle is a frequent secondary effect in the treatment of myofascial pain syndrome. In this trial spray and stretch technique is evaluated as a method to reduce this soreness. As well, the characteristics and the different factors that influence in this pain will be described.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subjects presenting latent trigger points in the trapezius muscle

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects with active trigger points or absence of trigger points.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Spray and stretch

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Spray and stretch

Control

No Intervention group