Dry Needling Versus Stretching for Muscle Extensibility

NCT04400825 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: CEIm1955
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 38
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Hip osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most prevalent chronic disease in the world. Currently several authors have shown the presence of active myofascial trigger points (MTrP) in the muscles surrounding the hip joint that reproduce the symptoms of the patients with hip OA. Despite of the beneficial effects that have shown may conservative non-pharmacological treatments, there is a lack of studies evaluating the effects of the conservative treatments on muscle extensibility. According to the new paradigm about the presence of MTrPs, the investigators decided to conduct a randomized clinical trial to compare the effects of DN intervention and stretching protocol on muscle extensibility in patients with hip OA.

Conditions

Osteoarthritis, Hip

Keywords

physiotherapy; stretching; dry needling

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• muscle extensibility

  the examiners assess the muscle extensibility using an inclinomenter

  Baseline

• muscle extensibility

  the examiners assess the muscle extensibility using an inclinomenter

  up to 3 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Stiffness

  Baseline

• Stiffness

  up to 3 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Dry needling

EXPERIMENTAL

Dry needling of 3 active MTrPs at most.

Other: Dry needling

Stretching

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Stretching of the main hip flexors (rectus femoris, iliopsoas and tensor fasciae latae)

Other: Dry needling

Interventions

Dry needling OTHER

Dry needling of the active MTrPs following the technique described by Hong et al (1994,1995)

Dry needling; Stretching

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 50 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• unilateral hip OA diagnosed medically with a X-Ray tess and following the American College of Rheumatology Criteria

You may not qualify if:

• Secondary osteoarthritis by a traumatism, Paget disease, inflammatory or metabolic disease, congenital diseases etc.
• Vascular or neurological disease.
• Musculoskeletal pathologies in lumbar spine, pelvis or lower limbs
• DN contraindications or fear of needles

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidad de Zaragoza: lead

Study Sites (1)

Luis Ceballos Laita

Soria, 42004, Spain

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Osteoarthritis, Hip

Interventions

Dry Needling

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Osteoarthritis; Arthritis; Joint Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Rheumatic Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics; Physical Therapy Modalities

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: single-blind
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Ph.D

Model Details: randomized clinical trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 19, 2020
• First Posted: May 26, 2020
• Study Start: May 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: July 19, 2020
• Study Completion: July 19, 2020
• Last Updated: November 3, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

ES (1)