Trigger Point Pain, Myofascial
Conditions
Brief summary
purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of phonophoresis with fastum gel versus reparil gel on pain intensity, pain threshold, and cervical ROM of participant with trigger point of upper trapezius.
Detailed description
participants will be divided into 3 groups, 2 study groups and 1 control group.
Interventions
OTHERUS with fastum
apply fastum on trigger point with US
OTHERUS with reparil
apply reparil on trigger point with US
OTHERUS with plain gel
apply gel on trigger point with US
Sponsors
Batterjee Medical College
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 35 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* upper trapezius trigger point
Exclusion criteria
* cervical disc
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| pain intensity | Two weeks and 3 months follow up | change of pain intensity by using VAS from 0 to 10 |
| pain threshold | two weeks and 3 months follow up | change of pain threshold by using PPA |
| ROM | two weeks and 3 months follow up | change of ROM by using CROM |
| neck function | Two weeks and 3 months follow up | change of neck function by using Neck Disability Index (NDI) questionnaire |
Countries
Saudi Arabia
Contacts
STUDY_DIRECTOROsama R Abdelraouf, PhD
Batterjee Medical College
Outcome results
None listed