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Immediate Effect of Dry Needling on Trigger Points

NCT04476381 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 48

Last updated 2020-07-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The immediate effects (0-30 minutes) of a dry needling intervention on a trigger point on their viscoelastic properties (tone, elasticity and stiffness)

Conditions

  • Shoulder Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Dry needling

Insertion of a Optimed 40mm x 0.30 single use, sterile acupuncture needle into a active trigger point in the infraspinatus muscle

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Université de Sherbrooke

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nathaly Gaudreault, PhD · Université de Sherbrooke

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-02-01
Primary Completion
2018-06-07
Completion
2019-09-20

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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