Myofascial Trigger Points in the Upper Limb in Stroke Patients

Stroke Clinical Trial

Official title:

Myofascial Trigger Points Are Associated in the Upper Limb in Stroke Patients: a Cross Sectional Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02882906
• Other study ID #: MTrPs
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 25, 2016
• Last updated: August 25, 2016
• Start date: February 2016
• Est. completion date: July 2016

Study information

• Verified date: August 2016
• Source: Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Italy: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

One source of shoulder pain can be myofascial trigger points (MTrPs). MTrPs are localized, hyperirritable points in the skeletal muscles that are associated with palpable nodules in muscle fibres. MTrPs can be classified into active and latent. Latent MTrPs demonstrate the same clinical characteristics as active MTrPs but they do not provoke spontaneous pain. Numerous studies have shown that MTrPs are prevalent in patients with chronic non-traumatic neck and shoulder pain.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: July 2016
• Est. primary completion date: March 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 90 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Unilateral shoulder pain and a physician-diagnosed stroke.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Rheumatic inflammatory,

• Systemic diseases,

• Acute traumatic conditions,

• Postoperative conditions, neck and elbow disorders, and

• Serious aphasias in which there was a communication problem.

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stroke

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Italy	Jorge Hugo Villafañe	Piossasco	Turin

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Italy, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change of Pain intensity	Visual Analogue Scale	Baseline	Yes
Primary	Pressure Pain Thresholds (PPT)	PPT will be assessed the shoulder Stroke (infraspinatus, supraspinatus, teres minor and upper trapezius).	Baseline	Yes
Secondary	Barthel index	Barthel index	Baseline	Yes
Secondary	DASH	The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand Score	Baseline	Yes