Ultrasound elastography of myofascial trigger points for diagnosis, therapy management and rehabilitation.

Ultrasound elastography of myofascial trigger points for diagnosis, therapy management and rehabilitation. - MTrP Elastography Imaging

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00031806

Enrollment

215

Registered

2023-06-09

Start date

2023-06-09

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

M62.9

Interventions

Group 1: Treatment of trigger points by means of manual therapy Group 2: Treatment of trigger points by means of dry needling Group 3: Treatment of trigger points by means of spray-and-stretch techniq

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients m/f/d of physical medicine/physiotherapy with muscular trigger points with existing myofascial complaints with indication for physical therapy Age at least 18 years Sufficient knowledge of German to answer the questionnaires Informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Examination not feasible or aborted Known previous operations, scarring changes in the area to be examined (surgery) Structural or neurogenic muscle changes Missing data (incompletely documented images of the examination)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Comparison between the results of quantitative shear wave elastographyelastography before and after therapy in 3 treatment arms.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- Changes in the B-mode ultrasound - Baseline shear wave elastography values of affected and unaffected muscles - Baseline measurement of healthy muscle tissue - Differentiation between acute overuse damage and chronic degenerative changes. - Intraindividual data collection of shear wave elastography to record and compare elastic tissue properties in muscular/myofascial complaints before and after clinically established standard therapy - Subjective usability of imaging diagnostics, therapy and post-therapeutic control from the patient's and therapist's perspective - Baseline SWE values of healthy subjects before and after cold/heat therapy is. - Comparison of the effectiveness of different physical therapy methods against each other.	—

Measure

Time frame

- Changes in the B-mode ultrasound - Baseline shear wave elastography values of affected and unaffected muscles - Baseline measurement of healthy muscle tissue - Differentiation between acute overuse damage and chronic degenerative changes. - Intraindividual data collection of shear wave elastography to record and compare elastic tissue properties in muscular/myofascial complaints before and after clinically established standard therapy - Subjective usability of imaging diagnostics, therapy and post-therapeutic control from the patient's and therapist's perspective - Baseline SWE values of healthy subjects before and after cold/heat therapy is. - Comparison of the effectiveness of different physical therapy methods against each other.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactAnett Reißhauer

Arbeitsbereich Physikalische Medizin Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

anett.reisshauer@charite.de+49 30 450 517082

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026