Tinnitus Clinical Trial
Official title:
Dry Needling on the Treatment of Chronic Somatosensory Tinnitus: An Open Pilot Study
Self paring study, double blind placebo controlled with chronic tinnitus patients attended at the Tinnitus Research Group HC- FMUSP, complaining of neck and/or cervical pain and with myofascial trigger point in the head, neck and/or shoulder. They were submitted to a complete otolaryngologist evaluation which included history, physical examination and myofascial trigger point checkup. Patients also performed blood tests, tonal and vocal audiometry, and psychoacoustic tinnitus measures. Self paring study, double blind placebo controlled. Each patient will be subjected to the dry needling placebo, 4 sessions, 1 per week, with placebo stretching, followed by washout period of two weeks, and 4 more dry needling therapeutic sessions and active stretching. On the first day of the study will be conducted the following evaluation: questionnaires THI and NDI, quantification of cervical pain and tinnitus through the Visual analogue scale (VAS), search and confirmation of the presence of PGM and cervical pain, psychoacoustic measures and somatic tests. This evaluation will be repeated at the end of the four placebo sessions, at the beginning of therapeutic needling sessions and at the end of the same.
The first phase of the study will be the placebo needling, performed with a sham needle and
following the same procedures than the therapeutic treatment. Four placebo sessions will be
performed, 1 per week, with placebo stretching, followed by washout period of two weeks, and
4 more dry needling therapeutic sessions, also once a week and active stretching. The muscles
selected for dry needling were frontal, temporal, trapezius, masseter, sternocleidomastoid
(SCM), head splenius, scalene, medial pterygoid, lateral pterygoid, rhomboid.
Procedure technique Each patient was recommended to assume a relaxed posture suitable to
access the muscles being treated, instructed to expose the painful area, settled himself in
supine, prone, or side lying positions, at a stretcher or a chair, depending on the muscle to
be treated. The main therapist performed MTP target with a pen, hands antisepsis, gloves wear
and skin area cleaning with 70% isopropyl alcohol prior to needling. Along all procedure the
main therapist was able to view the patient's face and to receive regular treating feedback.
A sterile disposable filament needle was inserted directly perpendicular through the skin
using a guide tube that was then removed. Depth needle penetration with slow sidelong
direction in and outside displacements were performed through the muscle until reach MTP
spot. The patient's reaction indicated a "DEQI" (name given for the vague sensation of
needle-specific pain) or a "twitch response" (deflagration of a contractile muscle answer in
the moment that maximum muscle shortening fibers were broken). At this point needle was
leaved static in situ for 30-60 seconds. After the correct treatment needle was removed and
the muscle was active stretched.
Variables studied before and after therapeutic needling were:
1. Tinnitus annoying as measured by AVS.
2. Pain magnitude as measured by AVS.
3. Tinnitus impact on patient's quality of life through THI questionnaire validated for
Portuguese language.
4. Cervical pain impact on patient's quality of life through NDI questionnaire validated
for Portuguese language.
5. Tinnitus MML through psychoacoustic measures.
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