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Exercise and Post-dry Needling Soreness

NCT02558686 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2016-01-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Application of trigger point dry needling can induce post-dry needling soreness. This is not a negative experience, but sometimes some patients want to reduce it as much as possible. Manual therapies and exercise strategies targeting to decrease post-dry needling soreness need to be investigated.

Conditions

  • Shoulder Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Eccentric Exercise

Individuals will perform 3 sets of 10 repetitions of eccentric exercise of the infraspinatus muscle after the application of trigger point dry needling

OTHER

Detuned Ultrasound

Individuals will received 10 minutes of detuned ultrasound on the infraspinatus muscle after the application of trigger point dry needling

OTHER

Placebo

Individuals will not perform any action after the application of trigger point dry needling

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cesar Fernández-de-las-Peñas, 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
2015-10-31
Primary Completion
2016-01-31
Completion
2016-01-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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