myofascial pain syndrome
Conditions
Interventions
635nm:635nm CW laser irradiation
808nm:808nm CW laser irradiation
alternate:Alternating 635nm and 808nm irradiation
control group:none
Sponsors
Institute of Biomedical Engineering,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) met the diagnostic criteria of MPS, and the pain in the neck; (2) in the past 6 months have cervical chronic pain or acute pain in nearly 3 months; (3) under the age of 65 years; (4) voluntarily accept and sign the informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) have received drug injection for Mtrps of the trapezius in last 3 months; (2) muscle or bone related with MTrPs of trapezius suffered trauma or surgery in last year; (3) MTrPs site of trapezius have skin lesion, infection or inflammatory edema; (4) with fibromyalgia, radiculopathy or spinal cord lesions, severe peripheral neuropathy or systemic organic lesion(such as diabetes, etc.); (5) mental illness, alcoholism, drug addiction or are using drugs that affect the nervous system (such as sedative drugs, antidepressants, etc.); (6) over the past 30 days use any drug test; (7) also participate in other research; (8) laser irradiation therapy in the past subjects blinded; (9) someone who are allergic to laser irradiation, such as itching, swelling, and rash; (10) can not complete a variety of scale; (11) do not want to be randomly grouped; (12) the researchers think that there are other reasons can not be selected.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Visual analogue scale;stiffness; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| SF-36;cervical active ROM;The Neck Disability Index; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactWu Jinpeng
Institute of Biomedical Engineering,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed