Myofascial Pain and Central Sensitization

University of Michigan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Myofascial Pain; Physical Therapy

Treatments: Other: Physical Therapy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04929171

HUM00093722

Details and patient eligibility

About

This prospective, observational cohort pilot study compared pain phenotyping and functional measures in 30 participants with non-acute neck and/or shoulder girdle pain consistent with primary myofascial pain at 3-months following a physical therapy referral to study the impact of their baseline degree of pain amplification.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• English-speaking participants
• Diagnosed by their physician with non-acute (more than two weeks) neck and/or shoulder girdle primary myofascial pain
• Referred to a physical therapy treatment.

Exclusion criteria

• In an effort to reduce the potential that another medical condition could lead to a secondary myofascial pain response, extensive comorbid exclusion criterion.
• Use of chronic high-dose opioid medication greater than 100 mg oral morphine equivalents per day.
• Individuals receiving or applying for compensation or disability.
• The inability to provide informed consent.
• Severe physical impairment (e.g., blindness, deafness)
• Co-morbid medical condition limiting function (e.g., malignant cancer)
• Reported illicit drug use
• Severe psychiatric condition that would limit judgment.
• Lack of internet access.

Trial design

30 participants in 1 patient group

Patients with myofascial pain having centralized pain features

Description:

Adult patients with myofascial pain having centralized pain features who will be undergoing physical therapy

Treatment:

Other: Physical Therapy