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Exercise and Dry Needling Treatment Combination in Nocturnal Calf Cramps

NCT04789811 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2021-06-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The Investigators aim to evaluate the effectiveness of dry needling treatment in addition to stretching exercises on cramp duration, cramp intensity, cramp frequency, sleep quality, and sensitivity of myofascial trigger points in patients with nocturnal calf cramp.

Conditions

  • Nocturnal Leg Cramps
  • Myofascial Pain Syndrome

Interventions

OTHER

Stretching exercise

Stretching exercise: Stretching exercises were planned for 30 seconds, ten repetitions for each stretching, 10 minutes in total, four days a week, for two weeks.

OTHER

Dry needling

Dry needling: A total of 3 sessions of dry needling, once a week, were applied to the gastrocnemius muscle.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kars State Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Fatih Bagcier, M.D. · Kars State Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-12-01
Primary Completion
2021-06-25
Completion
2021-06-25

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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