Myofascial Trigger Point Pain
Conditions
Keywords
Myofascial pain syndromes,physiotherapy,muscle stretching exercises,neck pain,dry needling
Brief summary
Deep dry needling of active myofascial trigger points of trapezius muscle is effective in the dimminution of pain of patients
Detailed description
EVALUATION: A blind assesor does a complete evaluation of the patients to determine if they take part of the study. An assesment of pain (by visual analogue scale), Pain pressure theshold (kg/cm2 by algometry, Range of motion (CROM goniometer in degrees) and strength (digital dinamometry in Newtons) are performed. In this evaluation inclusion criteria is checked too. INTERVENTION: -TREATMENT GROUP(Deep dry needling group (DDN)): An experienced physical therapist performed this treatment. The intervention included DDN of every active MTrP found in the trapezius muscle using a 4 cm x 0.32 mm acupuncture needle with guided tube. ). In the case of upper trapezius active MTrPs, DDN was performed in the prone position. For medium and lower trapezius muscle MTrPs, DDN was performed in a side-lying position as described by Simons et al. (Simons et al., 1999). Once the needle was inserted into the MTrP previously marked by the blinded assessor, local twitch responses (LTRs) were obtained by using Hong's fast-in and fast-out technique, which involves rapid movements of the needle in and out of the MTrP. After that, the stretch is performed \- Passive stretch of the trapezius muscle (both groups) Another experienced physical therapist, after taking part of training-sesions to do the same stretch as in DDN group, performed the stretch.Participants in this group received the same stretch as patients in treatment group.
Interventions
OTHERGroup 1. Deep dry needling
Deep dry needling and stretch. The intervention included DDN of every active MTrP found in the trapezius muscle using a 4 cm x 0.32 mm acupuncture needle as described by Simons et al. (Simons et al., 1999). Once the needle was inserted into the MTrP previously marked by the blinded assessor, local twitch responses (LTRs) were obtained by using Hong's fast-in and fast-out technique, which involves rapid movements of the needle in and out of the MTrP. After four LTRs, the needle was withdrawn and the area was disinfected with alcohol again (Simons et al., 1999). Then, passive stretch was performed on the trapezius muscle.
OTHERgroup 2. Passive analitical stretch (performed in both groups)
Sponsors
University of Alcala
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* over 18 * present myofascial trigger points in trapezius muscle
Exclusion criteria
* to be under anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anticoagulant, muscle relaxant or antidepressant medication at the start of the study or one week before it (Simons, 2004) * to suffer from fibromyalgia syndrome, or to have any contraindication to conservative or invasive physiotherapy (infection, fever, hypothyroidism, fear of needles, wounds in the area of the puncture, metal allergy, cancer, systemic disease) (Baldry, 2005).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Subjective Pain scored by Visual Analogue Scale (VAS.Participants were followed for the duration of the intervention, an average of 6 weeks) | pretreatment, postreatment and follow-up(15 days) | pretreatment = at baseline; post-treatment= after 5 physical therapy sessions, 3 weeks after baseline; follow-up= 15 days after last intervention. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pain Pressure Threshold (PPT. Participants were followed for the duration of the intervention, an average of 6 weeks) | Pretreatment, post treatment and follow-up. | pretreatment = at baseline; post-treatment= after 5 physical therapy sessions, 3 weeks after baseline; follow-up= 15 days after last intervention. |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Strenght scored by Digital dynamometer (Participants were followed for the duration of the intervention, an average of 6 weeks) | Pretreatment, post treatment and follow-up. | pretreatment = at baseline; post-treatment= after 5 physical therapy sessions, 3 weeks after baseline; follow-up= 15 days after last intervention. |
| Cervical Range of Motion assesed with CROM goniometer (Participants were followed for the duration of the intervention, an average of 6 weeks) | Pretreatment, post treatment and follow-up. | pretreatment = at baseline; post-treatment= after 5 physical therapy sessions, 3 weeks after baseline; follow-up= 15 days after last intervention. Participants were followed for the duration of the intervention, an average of 6 weeks) |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed