Efficacy of Therapeutic Exercise vs. Treatment of Myofascial Trigger Points.

Universidad Católica de Ávila

Status: Completed

Conditions: Shoulder Tendinopathy

Treatments: Procedure: Exercise therapy; Procedure: trigger point therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06241404

250124

Details and patient eligibility

About

Background: Shoulder pain commonly affects the general population, with rotator cuff tendinopathy being the most common cause.

the most common cause, with rotator cuff tendinopathy diminishing function and quality of life, leading to a major socio-economic impact.

quality of life, leading to a major socio-economic impact. As a result, there are two treatment approaches with potential effectiveness: therapeutic exercise (TE) and myofascial trigger point treatment (TMT).

trigger point treatment (TTP).

Objective: The main objective of this randomised clinical trial is to determine the efficacy of ET versus treatment of MTPs in shoulder tendinopathies.

Methods: For this study, 20 participants were randomly divided into two groups: a ET group, with which a 10-exercise programme was initiated (n = 10), and a PGM group which was given an intervention protocol (n = 10).

intervention protocol (n = 10). Both received a total of 10 sessions. Pain intensity pain intensity, pressure pain threshold (PPT) and range of motion (ROM) were assessed before starting and after 10 sessions.

and after 10 sessions.

Enrollment: 80 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Signed informed consent form.
• Patients diagnosed by an orthopaedic surgeon with shoulder tendinopathy. tendinopathy.
• Symptoms of shoulder pain lasting more than 3 months.
• Pain on Jobe, Patte and infraspinatus assessment manoeuvres (highlighting abduction and abduction and external rotation).

Exclusion criteria

• Previous shoulder surgery.
• Radiating (non-referred) pain from cervical radiculopathy.
• Shoulder pain associated with other diagnoses (Examples: retractile capsulitis, subacromial syndrome, tendon rupture, posterosuperior conflict, etc.).

subacromial syndrome, tendon rupture, posterosuperior conflict, etc).

• Patients with multiple pathologies.
• Patients with neurological disorders.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

therapeutic exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

patients who have been treated for shoulder tendinopathy by exercise therapy

Treatment:

Procedure: Exercise therapy

trigger points group

Active Comparator group

Description:

patients who have been treated for shoulder tendinopathy by trigger point therapy

Treatment:

Procedure: trigger point therapy