Myofascial Trigger Points in the Upper Limb in Stroke Patients

Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus Foundation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02882906

MTrPs

Details and patient eligibility

About

One source of shoulder pain can be myofascial trigger points (MTrPs). MTrPs are localized, hyperirritable points in the skeletal muscles that are associated with palpable nodules in muscle fibres. MTrPs can be classified into active and latent. Latent MTrPs demonstrate the same clinical characteristics as active MTrPs but they do not provoke spontaneous pain. Numerous studies have shown that MTrPs are prevalent in patients with chronic non-traumatic neck and shoulder pain.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Unilateral shoulder pain and a physician-diagnosed stroke.

Exclusion criteria

• Rheumatic inflammatory,
• Systemic diseases,
• Acute traumatic conditions,
• Postoperative conditions, neck and elbow disorders, and
• Serious aphasias in which there was a communication problem.