Kinesiotaping and Post-dry Needling Soreness

NCT03545880 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: URJC 2018-12
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 32
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Application of trigger point dry needling can induce post-dry needling soreness. This is not a negative experience, but sometimes some patients want to reduce it as much as possible. Different therapeutic strategies targeting to decrease post-dry needling soreness need to be investigated. Since Kinesiotaping has been advocated for decreasing tone in the muscle tissues, it would be a potential intervention for this objective.

Conditions

Mechanical Neck Pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Changes in post-dry needling pain intensity before and after the intervention

  A Numerical Pain Rate Scale (NPRS, 0-10) will be used to record post-dry needling soreness and pain

  Baseline, immediately after, 24 hours after, 48 hours after and 72 hours after treatment

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Changes in cervical related-disability before and after the intervention

  Baseline and 72 hours after treatment

• Changes in upper extremity related-disability before and after the intervention

  Baseline and 72 hours after treatment

• Changes in pressure pain sensitivity

  Baseline, immediately after and 72 hours after treatment

Study Arms (2)

Kinesiotaping

EXPERIMENTAL

A Kinesiotaping will be provided over the upper trapezius muscle after the application of dry needling

Other: Kinesiotaping

Placebo

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Individuals will not perform any action after the application of trigger point dry needling

Other: Placebo

Interventions

Kinesiotaping OTHER

A Kinesiotaping will be provided over the upper trapezius muscle after the application of dry needling

Kinesiotaping

Placebo OTHER

Individuals will not perform any action after the application of trigger point dry needling

Placebo

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• \- Generalized neck-shoulder pain with symptoms provoked by neck postures, neck movement, or palpation of the cervical musculature

You may not qualify if:

• any contraindication to dry needling
• whiplash injury;
• previous cervical surgery;
• cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy;
• diagnosis of fibromyalgia syndrome;
• having undergone any therapy intervention for the neck are in the previous 6 months;
• fear to needles;
• less than 18 or greater than 65 years of age.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad Rey Juan Carlos: lead

Study Sites (1)

Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Alcorcón, Madrid, 28922, Spain

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: TRIPLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Director of Department

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 22, 2018
• First Posted: June 4, 2018
• Study Start: June 6, 2018
• Primary Completion: August 5, 2018
• Study Completion: August 8, 2018
• Last Updated: August 9, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-08

Locations

ES (1)