Status:
COMPLETED
Effects of Dry Needling and Strain Counter Strain Technique in Myofascial Trigger Points of Upper Trapezius
Lead Sponsor:
Riphah International University
Conditions:
Trigger Point Pain, Myofascial
Eligibility:
All Genders
20-40 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
To determine the effects of Dry Needling and Strain Counter Strain Technique in Myofascial Trigger Points of Upper Trapezius
Detailed Description
It is Randomized Controlled trail will be conduct in Mayo Hospital Lahore and Alnoor Hospital Awan town Lahore. Non probability consecutive sampling technique will be used to collect the data. Each gr...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with non-specific neck pain, having active myofascial trigger points in upper trapezius muscle.
- Patient of both gender under the age of 20-40 year
- bilateral pain involving the upper trapezius
- a duration of pain of at least 3 months
- pain localized in the cervical and occipital regions but not in the orofacial region.
- restricted cervical range of motion(side flexion)
Exclusion
- history of traumatic injuries (e.g., contusion, fracture, and whiplash injury)
- needle phobia patients.
- systemic diseases such as blood coagula tion disorders, chronic pain syndrome, cancer,allergies fibromyalgia, systemic lupus erythematous, and psoriatic arthritis.
- cervical spine surgery patients.
- orofacial pain and temporomandibular disorders
- neurologic disorders (e.g., trigeminal neuralgia or occipital neuralgia)
- medical diagnosis of any primary headache (tension type or migraine) clinical diagnosis of cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy
- history of previous physical therapy intervention for the cervical region in last 6 month
- use of anticoagulants, opioids or antiepileptic medications
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 15 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 28 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
28 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04285216
Start Date
September 15 2019
End Date
August 28 2020
Last Update
September 22 2020
Active Locations (1)
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Mayo Hospital
Lahore, Pakistan, 54000