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Spray Stretch Technique Versus Sustain Pressure for Trapezius Triggers

NCT04559906 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 54

Last updated 2022-04-15

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Summary

The aim of this research is to determine the effects of spray and stretch technique versus sustain pressure for the management of upper trapezius triggers. A randomized control trail is conducting at Khyber Teaching Hospital Peshawar and Northwest General Hospital and Research center Peshawar. The sample size is 54. The Participants divide into two groups, 27 participants in Group A (receive the spray and stretch technique) and 27 in Group B (receive sustain pressure). The study duration is 6 months. Purposive non probability sampling technique applied. Only 20 to 35 years participants with upper trapezius trigger is including in this trial. Tools use in this study are visual analogue scale (VAS), Neck Disability Index (NDI), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Goniometer, Algometer and Manual muscle strength (MMT). Data analyzed through SPSS version 25.

Conditions

  • Trigger Point Pain, Myofascial
  • Mechanical Neck Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Spray and Stretch technique (Ethyl chloride)

Group A receive spray and stretch technique (Ethyl chloride) with conventional treatment. The upper trapezius muscle stretches on the basis of the Technique originally described by Simons. The subject is seated in a relaxed position on their homolateral hand for anchoring the distal end of the studied muscle. Initially, 3 to 5 parallel sweeps of ethyl chloride spray is applied covering the Upper trapezius muscle. Then, the muscle are positioned in a maximal but tolerable stretch and lengthened until the Physical Therapist felt the muscle tension barrier. This procedure repeated 2 or 3 times.

OTHER

Sustain pressure release

Group B receive sustain pressure release with conventional treatment. Progressive pressure release are considered in two stages. The initial step is to recognize and find the trigger in upper fiber of trapezius, utilizing trigger point palpation. Trigger point felt as firm and restricted hyperirritable knots with in gut of the muscle. The second step is to applying pressure release ranging from eight to twelve second for each pressure, then it increases gradually for maximum of twenty seconds. The total duration of pressure is five minutes or more until the discharge is felt by the fingers.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Riphah International University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dr Saira Waqqar, PP-DPT,MHPE · Riphah International University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-09-30
Primary Completion
2021-03-15
Completion
2021-03-31

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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