NCT01708343

Paraspinal Stimulation in Treating MPS

Paraspinal Stimulation Combined With Trigger Point Needling and Needle Rotation in Treating Myofascial Pain: Randomized Sham-controlled Clinical Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 75 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 19 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To test the hypothesis that the effect of either multiple deep intramuscular stimulation therapy \[(DIMMST: trigger point deep dry needling (TrP-DDN) is combined with paraspinal deep intramuscular stimulation (PDIMS) and needle rotation (NR)\] would be more effective than a placebo-sham for the treatment of MPS and that DIMMST would be more effective than LTrP-I for improving pain relief, sleep quality, and physical and mental state of the patient.

Conditions

• Clinical Study - RCT

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	DIMMST

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-01-01
• Primary completion: 2012-11-01
• Completion: 2012-11-01
• First posted: 2012-10-16
• Last updated: 2012-10-16

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: Brazil