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Comparison of Dry Needling and Sustained Pressure in Para-spinal Muscles Trigger Points

NCT04043741 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2019-08-02

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Summary

This study will compare the effect of dry needling and sustained pressure in the lumbar Paraspinal trigger points in terms of pain threshold and muscle length.

There will be two groups ; experimental and control. Half of study group will receive dry needling session along with stretching and strengthening exercises and half of study group will receive sustained pressure technique along with stretching and strengthening exercises .

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Dry Needling

stretching exercises :single knee to chest (15 reps x 3 sets) double knee to chest(15 reps x 3 sets) strengthening exercises: extension exercises (15 reps x 3 sets)

OTHER

Sustain Pressure

Sustain Pressure (Number of repetition and hold according to trigger point chronic level) \+ Hot pack 10 to 15 minutes + Active muscle stretching exercise (10 repetition twice daily)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Riphah International University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Abdul Ghafoor Sajjad, PhD* · Riphah International University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-03-01
Primary Completion
2019-05-30
Completion
2019-06-30

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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