Chronic Shoulder Pain Treated by Pressures With the Thumbs on the Trigger Points

Shoulder Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Chronic Shoulder Pain of Myofascial Origin,a Randomised Clinical Trial Using Ischemic Compression Therapy.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00679887
• Other study ID #: CER-05-102-07.05
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• First received: May 15, 2008
• Last updated: May 16, 2008
• Start date: September 2003
• Est. completion date: December 2006

Study information

• Verified date: May 2008
• Source: Guy Hains Chiropractor
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Canada: Ethics Review Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to find the efficacy of treating the trigger points located around the shoulder in patients suffering from chronic shoulder pain.

Description:

Chronic shoulder pain is a common condition which should be treated by surgery only wen conservative approaches have been tried. in the present trial the authors intend to find the effectiveness of treating the triggers points located in muscles, ligaments and tendons surrounding the shoulderin patients suffering from chronic shoulder pain.

The technique used in this trial is ischemic compression(thumb tip pressure) on the trigger points

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 59
• Est. completion date: December 2006
• Est. primary completion date: December 2006
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 30 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 30 to 60 years old.

• To have suffered from shoulder pain on a daly basis for at least 3 months

• Participants had to be able to raise the arm above ther head.

• They had accept to receive 15 chiropractic treatments without charge.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Past surgery to the arm.

• Injection to the shoulder in the month preceding the trial.

• A diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis or any other systemic disorders affecting the joints.

• Shoulder pain from an herniated disc.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Shoulder Pain

Intervention

Procedure:
• ischemic compression
Active Comparator, ischemic compression, 3 times a week,5 weeks

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	2930 Cote Richelieu	Trois-Rivières	Quebec

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Guy Hains Chiropractor

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Shoulder Pain and Disability Index questionnaire		At baseline, after 15 treatments ,30 days aftr the treatments and 6 months later	No
Secondary	Pain visual analog scale		After 15 treatments, 30 days after the treatments and 6 months later.	No