Comparison of Dry Needle and Massotherapy on Tolerance Effort and Soreness

Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness Clinical Trial

Official title:

Comparison of Dry Needle and Massotherapy on Tolerance to the Effort and Soreness of Individuals With Late Muscular Pain Induced by Exercise

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03619928
• Other study ID #: DN, massotherapy and DOMS
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 27, 2018
• Est. completion date: October 1, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: July 2018
• Source: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
• Contact: Romero SL Crasto, Esp.
• Phone: 81992266788
• Email: romeroslac[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Introduction: Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is a common myogenic condition considered to be a muscle tension injury frequently observed in recreational or experienced athletes, induced in the majority of cases by eccentric and inactive exercises, the most common of which are: tension, pain and impairment muscular and have a course of typical duration of 24 hours and peak between 48 and 72 hours. Among the treatments proposed with the aim of reducing the symptoms of DOMS is massage therapy. However, dry needling is a relatively new technique that has been used in myotendinous lesions and its effects on late muscle pain have not yet been studied. Objective: To compare the impact of dry needling and massage therapy on exercise tolerance, and analgesia of sedentary individuals with late muscle pain induced by eccentric exercise. The present study is characterized as a randomized and blinded comparative study in which male sedentary individuals will be invited in which the late muscle pain will be induced through eccentric contractions and will receive different treatments: dry needling or massage therapy. The upper limb functionality, pain perception, superficial hyperemia and brachial biceps thickness will be compared through the exams: visual analogue pain scale (VAS), digital algometry, thermography, ultrasonography and isometric test.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: October 1, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: August 27, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 45 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

not practicing physical activity BMI greater than 18 and less than 30 members of the UFPE community

Exclusion Criteria:

making use of analgesic or anti-inflammatory medications acupuncture or dry needling or massage therapy in the last 6 months report of muscle pain orthopedic neurological problems hypertension and diabetes cardiovascular or respiratory diseases

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
• Myalgia

Intervention

Device:
• Dry needling
20 minutes through a sterile, disposable Dong Bang® needle size of 0.25X30 mm. At the moment of insertion of the needle, the therapist will perform a muscular shortening around the application site, in a pincer movement performed by the index and thumb fingers, in order to isolate the muscle fibers of the biceps brachii. Five needles will be applied to the short head brachii biceps in five points: origin, insertion, center of the muscular womb (60% of the distance from the medial acromion to the cubital fossa in the elbow line) and two points equidistant from the center 2 cm.
• Massotherapy
A 20-minute massage will be applied to the non-dominant upper limb exercised by a therapist for the massage condition. The massage will consist of: 1) surface slip; 2) deep slip; 3) kneading; 4) friction with the thumbs; 5) friction with four fingers; 6) percussions with open and alternating hands; 7) percussions with open and simultaneous hands; 8) tapping; and 9) surface slip.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Romero Souza Leão de Albergaria Crasto	Recife	Pernambuco

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pressure pain threshold	Algometry	48 hours
Primary	Delayed onset muscle soreness	Visual analogue scale which measures the pain and whose minimum value is zero and the maximum value is 100 millimeters. The higher value is the worse the pain.	48 hours
Secondary	Muscle thickness	Ultrassonography	48 hours
Secondary	Temperature	Thermography	48 hours
Secondary	Time limit	Isometric performance test	48 hours