Efficacy of Myofascial Trigger Point Pressure Release on Tinnitus Patients — MTP  

Tinnitus Clinical Trial

Official title: Efficacy of Myofascial Trigger Point Pressure Release on Tinnitus Patients With Both Tinnitus and Myofascial Pain: a Double-blind Placebo Controlled Randomized Clinical Trial.

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of myofascial trigger (MTP) point deactivation for tinnitus control in a population with tinnitus and myofascial pain.

Clinical Trial Description

A double blind placebo control randomized clinical trial was made to verify the efficacy of the treatment by deactivation of MTP, after 10 sessions, in tinnitus patients by means of comparison with a placebo treatment in a control group. Patients with tinnitus and frequent regional pain for at least 3 months in the head, neck and shoulder girdle were investigated in the Tinnitus Research Group of University of São Paulo Medical School. All of them underwent an interview with the otolaryngologist ("physician researcher"), an audiologist evaluation ("blind researcher"), another blind researcher evaluation for tinnitus and pain and a physiotherapist evaluation and randomization. Both blind researchers evaluated tinnitus and pain in the first, fifth and tenth session. The real treatment was made by a gradual and persistent digital pressure in each MTP previously diagnosed by the blind researcher (8 possible muscles) and some home orientations that included stretch, superficial heat in each treated muscle and watch the correct postures during daily activities and sleeping. In the control group physiotherapist researcher pressed in an adjacent non-tender muscle fibers of the same muscle that have MTP. No other complementary orientation was done. ;

Study Design

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Myofascial Trigger Points
• Tinnitus

• NCT number: NCT00999648
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 2008
• Completion date: September 2009