Effects of Dry Needling on Spinal Mobility and Trigger Points in Patients With Fibromyalgia Syndrome.

Fibromyalgia Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Dry Needling on Posture, Spinal Mobility and Trigger Points on Spinal Muscles in Patients With Fibromyalgia Syndrome.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02380807
• Other study ID #: UAL- 423
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 28, 2015
• Last updated: January 19, 2016
• Start date: March 2015
• Est. completion date: July 2015

Study information

• Verified date: January 2016
• Source: Universidad de Almeria
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Spain: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study evaluates the effect of Dry Needling on Spinal Mobility and Trigger Points in Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome.

Description:

Dry Needling is a skilled intervention that uses a thin filiform needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate underlying myofascial trigger points, muscular, and connective tissues for the management of neuromusculoskeletal pain and movement impairments. Dry needling (DN) is a technique used to treat dysfunctions in skeletal muscle, fascia, and connective tissue, and, diminish persistent peripheral nociceptive input, and reduce or restore impairments of body structure and function leading to improved activity and participation.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 66
• Est. completion date: July 2015
• Est. primary completion date: March 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Fibromyalgia syndrome diagnosis.

• Aged from 18 to 65 years.

• No regular physical activity.

• Limitation of usual activities due to pain on at least 1 day in the previous 30 days.

• Agreement to attend evening therapy sessions.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Severe physical disability.

• Comorbid conditions (eg, morbid obesity, inflammatory diseases, irritable bowel syndrome, interstitial cystitis).

• Uncontrolled endocrine disorders (eg, hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism, diabetes).

• Malignancy.

• Psychiatric.

• Illnesses (eg, schizophrenia or substance abuse).

• Medication usage other than as-needed analgesics (excluding long-term narcotics).

• History of surgery.

• History of whiplash injury.

• Presence of a score >9 points in the Beck Depression Inventory.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Back Pain
• Fibromyalgia
• Myofascial Pain Syndromes

Intervention

Device:
• Dry Needling
Dry needling is the use of either solid filiform needles or hollow-core hypodermic needles for therapy of muscle pain, sometimes also known as intramuscular stimulation (IMS). Although dry needling originally utilized only hypodermic needles due to the concern that solid filiform needles had neither the strength or tactile feedback that hypodermic needles provided and that the solid filiform needle could be deflected by "dense contraction knots".

Other:
• Cross Tape Therapy
The tape consists of cross bands or strips mesh cross, nonelastic and without any medication, forming a grid-shaped patch. The cross tape will be applied on trigger points.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Univesity of Almería	Almería

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidad de Almeria

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain Intensity	A 10-point Numerical Pain Scale (0: no pain, 10: maximum pain) assesses the intensity of pain.	up to Four Weeks	No
Secondary	Number of participants with Trigger Points	Dry Needly Therapy will be assesses in trigger points on trapezius muscle, supraspinatus muscle, infraspinatus muscle, latissimus dorsi, iliocostalis muscle, multifidus muscles, and quadratus lumbourum muscle.	up to Four Weeks	No
Secondary	Posture and Spinal Mobility	Spinal Mouse is a device that, combined with a computer program (PC), assesses the curvatures of the vertebral column without applying harmful radiation. Spinal Mouse checks: spine alignment, measuring segmental and global angles in the sagittal and frontal planes; posture and spinal mobility; and spine functions and performance.	up to Four Weeks	No