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Skeletal Muscle Contractility, Self-reported Pain and Tissue Sensitivity in Females With Neck/Shoulder Pain and Trapezius MFTrPs

NCT01710735 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2012-10-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In relation to Myofascial Triggerpoints (MFTrPs) of the upper Trapezius, this study will explore muscle contractility characteristics, the occurrence of post-intervention muscle soreness and the effect of dry needling on muscle contractile characteristics and clinical outcomes.

Conditions

  • Myofascial Pain Syndrome

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Dry needling

Insertion of acupuncture needle into a myofascial trigger point.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Lundbeck Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Dansk Kiropraktor Fond

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • IMK Almene Fond

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Southern Denmark

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jan Hartvigsen Hartvigsen, PhD · Univ. of Southern Denmark

  • Per Aagaard, PhD · Univ. of Southern Denmark

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
46 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-04-30
Primary Completion
2012-05-31
Completion
2012-09-30

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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