Manual Therapy Treatment for Myofascial Pain

Federal University of São Paulo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Myofascial Pain Syndromes

Treatments: Procedure: Manual therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01381380

1276

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is a pain intensity evaluation in patients with myofascial pain submitted kinesitherapy after trigger point injection.

Full description

Randomized prospective study conducted on 30 patients of both genders ranging in age from 18 to 60 years, with neck and shoulder girdle Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MFS), with a duration of ≥ 4 months and pain intensity ≥ 4.

Trigger point injection of 1 mL 0.25% bupivacaine at each point, once a week for 8 weeks (T1 to T8).

Group 1: kinesiotherapy once a week for 8 weeks Group 2: not submitted to kinesiotherapy Evaluation of pain intensity on the first assessment (T0) and after 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 weeks

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• myofascial pain of neck and shoulder girdle, lasting ≥ 4 months, pain intensity ≥ 4.

Exclusion criteria

• arrhythmia
• heart block
• coagulopathy
• cognitive alterations and infection at the site
• patients using anticoagulants, and pregnant women

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 1 patient group

single-arm studies

Other group

Description:

Manual therapy for one group

Treatment:

Procedure: Manual therapy