A Study to Analyse the Immediate Effect of Dry Needling and Extra Corporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Hand Grip Strength

NCT04645758 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: Rct001
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 27
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

An argument to analyse the Immediate effect of dry needling or extra corporeal shock wave therapy on hand grip strength in normal healthy individuals with a hypothesis of dry needling or shock wave on forearm muscles have influence on the hand grip strength.

Conditions

Muscle Weakness Condition

Keywords

Dry needling; Extra corporeal Shockwave therapy; Hand Grip Strength; Post 1 hour

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Hand Grip Strength

  Measurement of Hand Grip Strength with Jamar Dynamometer

  Post 1 hours of Intervention in both groups

Study Arms (2)

Dry Needling Group or (DN)

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Dry needling for 5 mins on the flexor group of muscles of dominant forearm.

Combination Product: Dry needling and Extra corporeal Shock wave therapy

Extra corporeal Shockwave therapy Group or (ESWT)

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Delivering of Shock wave pulses of 1250 at the energy intensity of 0.58 mj/mm2 on the flexor group of muscles of dominant forearm

Combination Product: Dry needling and Extra corporeal Shock wave therapy

Interventions

Dry needling and Extra corporeal Shock wave therapy COMBINATION_PRODUCT

5 mins of dry needling and 1250 pulses of shockwave therapy on dominant forearm muscles

Also known as: Dry needle/Acupuncture needle.Shock wave therapy

Dry Needling Group or (DN); Extra corporeal Shockwave therapy Group or (ESWT)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years - 46 Years
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• No pain on the visual analog scoring scale of 100 mm scale,
• Muscle power of 4+ on oxford manual muscle testing of forearm and wrist extrinsic and intrinsic muscles
• Full range of motion in all dominant upper extremity joints.

You may not qualify if:

• History of previous fractures of the dominant upper extremity,
• Teno-synovitis of flexor tendons ,
• Dequervains synovitis,
• Left hand dominance.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Comprehensive Rehabilitation Centre, Medina, Saudi Arabia: lead

Study Sites (1)

Comprehensive Rehabilitation Centre

Madinah, 42381, Saudi Arabia

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Dry Needling

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics; Physical Therapy Modalities

Study Officials

• Rayan M Al-Fadani, BPT

  Comprehensive rehabilitation centre, Medina Al Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia.

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Abdullah M Al-Shenqiti, PhD,PT

  Taibah University of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences

  STUDY DIRECTOR

• Tarek M El-Gohary, PhD,PT

  Taibah University of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences

  STUDY CHAIR

Central Study Contacts

Mohammed A Khan, BPT

CONTACT

00966508921749; amjadkhan.mmkk@gmail.com

Rayan M Fadani, BPT

CONTACT

00966500600065; dr.rayanalfadani@gmail.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: M.M.K outcome blind assessor
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Head of the Department of Physical therapy and Rehabilitation.

Model Details: Participants will be assigned to two groups in parallel for the duration of the study.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 22, 2020
• First Posted: November 27, 2020
• Study Start: November 29, 2020
• Primary Completion: November 29, 2020
• Study Completion: November 29, 2020
• Last Updated: December 1, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SA (1)