Dry Needling of the Trapezius Muscle in Office Workers With Neck Pain

NCT02219386 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 44/11Comision of investigation
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 44
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Deep dry needling of active myofascial trigger points of trapezius muscle is effective in the dimminution of pain of patients

Conditions

Myofascial Trigger Point Pain

Keywords

Myofascial pain syndromes,physiotherapy,muscle stretching exercises,neck pain,dry needling

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Subjective Pain scored by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS.Participants were followed for the duration of the intervention, an average of 6 weeks)

  pretreatment = at baseline; post-treatment= after 5 physical therapy sessions, 3 weeks after baseline; follow-up= 15 days after last intervention.

  pretreatment, postreatment and follow-up(15 days)

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Pain Pressure Threshold (PPT. Participants were followed for the duration of the intervention, an average of 6 weeks)

  Pretreatment, post treatment and follow-up.

Other Outcomes (2)

• Strenght scored by Digital dynamometer (Participants were followed for the duration of the intervention, an average of 6 weeks)

  Pretreatment, post treatment and follow-up.

• Cervical Range of Motion assesed with CROM goniometer (Participants were followed for the duration of the intervention, an average of 6 weeks)

  Pretreatment, post treatment and follow-up.

Study Arms (2)

Deep dry needling

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The group of DDN receive this treatment and stretch

Other: Group 1. Deep dry needling

muscle stretch

OTHER

The stretch applied was as described by Simons et al. (Simons et al., 1999). During the stretch the physiotherapist took up the slack, avoiding pain elicitation, maintaining the tension for four seconds and releasing the tension for eight seconds; this cycle was repeated three times

Other: Group 1. Deep dry needling; Other: group 2. Passive analitical stretch (performed in both groups)

Interventions

Group 1. Deep dry needling OTHER

Deep dry needling and stretch. The intervention included DDN of every active MTrP found in the trapezius muscle using a 4 cm x 0.32 mm acupuncture needle as described by Simons et al. (Simons et al., 1999). Once the needle was inserted into the MTrP previously marked by the blinded assessor, local twitch responses (LTRs) were obtained by using Hong's fast-in and fast-out technique, which involves rapid movements of the needle in and out of the MTrP. After four LTRs, the needle was withdrawn and the area was disinfected with alcohol again (Simons et al., 1999). Then, passive stretch was performed on the trapezius muscle.

Deep dry needling; muscle stretch

group 2. Passive analitical stretch (performed in both groups) OTHER

Also known as: only the same stretch as performed in deep dry needling group.

muscle stretch

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• over 18
• present myofascial trigger points in trapezius muscle

You may not qualify if:

• to be under anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anticoagulant, muscle relaxant or antidepressant medication at the start of the study or one week before it (Simons, 2004)
• to suffer from fibromyalgia syndrome, or to have any contraindication to conservative or invasive physiotherapy (infection, fever, hypothyroidism, fear of needles, wounds in the area of the puncture, metal allergy, cancer, systemic disease) (Baldry, 2005).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Alcala: lead

Study Sites (1)

UDAIF

Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, 28820, Spain

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Myofascial Pain Syndromes

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Muscular Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases

Study Officials

• Ester Cerezo-Téllez, PT

  Alcalá University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Physical Therapist.Master.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 8, 2014
• First Posted: August 18, 2014
• Study Start: January 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2013
• Study Completion: January 1, 2014
• Last Updated: September 3, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-08

Locations

ES (1)