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

NCT02219386 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2014-09-03

No results posted yet for this study

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

Interventions

OTHER

Group 1. Deep dry needling

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 After four LTRs, the needle was withdrawn and the area was disinfected with alcohol again (Simons et al., 1999).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.

OTHER

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Alcala

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ester Cerezo-Téllez, PT · Alcalá University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-12-31
Completion
2014-01-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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