Efficacy of Peripheral Magnetic Stimulation Compare to Dry Needling in Myofascial Pain Syndrome

Mahidol University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Myofascial Pain Syndrome

Treatments: Device: Repetitive Peripheral Magnetic Stimulation; Procedure: Dry needling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05320601

AIamchaimongkol

Details and patient eligibility

About

Compare efficiency between repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation and dry needling in patient with upper trapezius myofascial pain syndrome.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with myofascial pain syndrome at unilateral upper trapezius muscle and had pain score (Visual analog scale) at least 4

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with signs and/or symptoms of neurological deficit
• Patients with history of cervical hernia, cervical radiculopathy, cervical myelopathy, fibromyalgia, whiplash spondylosis and cervical spinal stenosis.
• Patients who received physical therapy/injection/surgery at neck or pain area in last 6 months.
• Patients with abnormal coagulopathy and/or currently use anticoagulant medicine.
• Patients with cardiac device.
• Patients with history of aneurysm clip procedure, stent-coils procedure or cochlear implant surgery.
• Pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

---

32 participants in 2 patient groups

Repetitive Peripheral Magnetic Stimulation

Experimental group

Description:

Repetitive Peripheral Magnetic Stimulation 1 session

Treatment:

Device: Repetitive Peripheral Magnetic Stimulation

Dry Needling

Experimental group

Description:

Dry Needling 1 session

Treatment:

Procedure: Dry needling