IONTOPHORESIS Versus Ultrasound in Mechanical Neck Pain

Trigger Point Pain, Myofascial Clinical Trial

Official title:

Magnesium Sulphate Iontophoresis Versus High- Power Pain Threshold Ultrasound in Mechanical Neck Pain

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05474898
• Other study ID #: p.T.RCE/012/003552
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 8, 2022
• Est. completion date: November 15, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: September 2022
• Source: Cairo University
• Contact: Hend Hamdy, PHD
• Phone: 01024420121
• Email: hendhamdy110[@]yahoo.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

to investigate the effects of Magnesium Sulphate Iontophoresis versus High Power Pain Threshold Ultrasound on pain, function and range of motion on active MTrPs found in the upper trapezius.

Description:

Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a musculoskeletal chronic pain disorder that affects the majority of pain population and characterized by the presence of trigger points. MPS is usually associated with tenderness, spasm, movement limitation and referred pain .

Myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) are hyperirritable taut fibers of skeletal muscle. The taut fibers within the muscle create palpable nodules that may cause local pain, and refer pain elsewhere with soft tissue examination .

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 90
• Est. completion date: November 15, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: October 1, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 19 Years to 23 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects, with age ranged from 19-23 years (Forman et al, 2014) from both genders. The subjects had active MTrPs in the upper fibers of trapezius muscle.

Exclusion Criteria:

• • History of whiplash injury.

• History of cervical spine surgery.

• Cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy.

• Having undergone physical therapy within the past three months before the study.

• Non- rheumatologic diseases as multiple sclerosis, thyroid dysfunction and chronic infection.

• Rheumatologic condition as poly-articular osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and advanced cervical spine degenerative diseases.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Myofascial Pain Syndromes
• Neck Pain
• Trigger Point Pain, Myofascial

Intervention

Other:
• Magnesium Sulphate Iontophoresis +conventional therapy
will receive Mgso4 Iontophoresis in addition to conventional therapy twice a week/4 weeks
• High- Power Pain Threshold Ultrasound +conventional therapy
will receive HPPT-US on the upper trapezius in addition to conventional therapy twice a week/4 weeks
• conventional theapy
will receive postural correction exercise-stretching and strengthening twice a week/4weeks

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo University	Cairo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cairo University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	pain intensity	The scale that will be used the VAS ;each subject will instructed to put point on line from no pain to tolerable pain	up to four weeks
Secondary	Pain pressure threshold (PPT)	Pain pressure threshold (PPT) is used to measure deep muscular tissue sensitivity by Algometer.	up to four weeks
Secondary	neck disability	will be measured by Arabic neck disability index	up to four weeks
Secondary	range of motion	will be measured by myrin gravity reference goniometer	up to four weeks