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Dry Needling and Exercises in Shoulder Pain

NCT02338908 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2016-03-15

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Summary

Shoulder pain is highly prevalent in the society. The role of muscle tissues in this pathology has received increasing interest. Some studies have proposed the role of myofascial trigger points in this population. The purpose of the current clinical trial is to compare the effects of physiotherapy treatment consisting of an eccentric exercise protocol versus the same physical therapy program plus the addition of trigger point dry needling (TrP-DN) on pain and function in patients suffering from unspecific shoulder pain.

Conditions

  • Shoulder Pain

Interventions

OTHER

exercise program

Patients will be asked to perform an eccentric loading exercise program for the shoulder musculature, particularly the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles, to be performed on an individual basis twice every day. The therapeutic protocol will be applied for 5 weeks.

OTHER

TrP-DN

In addition, within the second and fourth sessions, they will receive TrP-DN over active TrPs in the shoulder muscles

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon

    collaborator OTHER

  • Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • César Fernández-de-las-Peñas, PT, PhD · Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-03-31
Completion
2016-03-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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