Exercise and Post-dry Needling Soreness

Shoulder Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Eccentric Exercise, Sham or Placebo on Post-Needling Soreness by Dry Needling on Active Trigger Points

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02558686
• Other study ID #: URJC 2015-12
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 21, 2015
• Last updated: January 20, 2016
• Start date: October 2015
• Est. completion date: January 2016

Study information

• Verified date: January 2016
• Source: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Spain: Comité Ético de Investigación Clínica
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Application of trigger point dry needling can induce post-dry needling soreness. This is not a negative experience, but sometimes some patients want to reduce it as much as possible. Manual therapies and exercise strategies targeting to decrease post-dry needling soreness need to be investigated.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 90
• Est. completion date: January 2016
• Est. primary completion date: January 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Unilateral non-traumatic shoulder pain

• Shoulder pain from at least 6 months

• Shoulder pain of more than 3 points on a NPRS

• Presence of active trigger point in the infraspinatus muscle

Exclusion Criteria:

• bilateral shoulder pain

• younger than 18 or older than 65 years

• shoulder injury

• upper extremity surgery

• fibromyalgia syndrome

• neck or shoulder surgery

• cervical radiculopathy

• whiplash

• any type of intervention for the neck-shoulder the previous year

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Shoulder Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Eccentric Exercise
Individuals will perform 3 sets of 10 repetitions of eccentric exercise of the infraspinatus muscle after the application of trigger point dry needling
• Detuned Ultrasound
Individuals will received 10 minutes of detuned ultrasound on the infraspinatus muscle after the application of trigger point dry needling
• Placebo
Individuals will not perform any action after the application of trigger point dry needling

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Universidad Rey Juan Carlos	Alcorcon	Madrid

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Changes in post-dry needling pain intensity before and after the intervention	A Numerical Pain Rate Scale (NPRS, 0-10) will be used to record post-dry needling soreness and pain	Baseline, 24 hours after, 48 hours after and 72 hours after treatment	Yes
Secondary	Changes in spontaneous shoulder pain before and after the intervention	A Numerical Pain Rate Scale (NPRS, 0-10) will be used to assess spontaneous shoulder pain	Baseline and 72 hours after treatment	Yes
Secondary	Changes in disability before and after the intervention	The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire will be used to assess disability induced by shoulder pain.	Baseline and 72 hours after treatment	Yes
Secondary	Changes in functionality before and after the intervention	The Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) questionnaire will be used to assess function of the uppr extremity related to shoulder pain	Baseline and 72 hours after treatment	Yes