Myofascial pain syndrome
Conditions
Interventions
Gently Finger-pressing group:Lightly Finger-pressing on trigger points
Heavy Finger-pressing group:Heavy Finger-pressing on trigger points
Placebo group:Touch the skin lightly without causing localized pain
Sponsors
The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 35 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Meet the diagnostic criteria for latent trigger points of the upper trapezius muscle: there are obvious tension bands in the upper trapezius muscle; tense bands containing palpable high-tension nodules; Pressing on a hypertonic nodule may cause pain, with or without referred pain, but this pattern of pain is not familiar to the participant and does not reproduce the symptoms experienced. (2) at least 1 latent trigger points in the right upper trapezius muscle; Body mass index (BMI) 2 hours; is right-handed; latent trigger points pain threshold < 25N.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Recent spontaneous or other causes of head, neck and shoulder pain; (2) Broken, scarred or skin diseases on the skin of the neck and shoulders; (3) In pregnancy (transurine pregnancy test), menstruation; (4) Recent history of relevant drug treatment (painkillers, muscle relaxants, anti-inflammatory drugs, etc.); (5) Previous chronic pain diseases, immune system diseases, allergic diseases, cognitive or functional disorders; (6) Recent other conservative or invasive treatments.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| MyotonPRO;Cervical joint range of motion;visual analogue scale,VAS;Pressure Pain Threshold ,PPT; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactWu Li
Hunan University of Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed