NCT02338908

Dry Needling and Exercises in Shoulder Pain

Effectiveness of Dry Needling and Eccentric Exercises in Unspecific Shoulder Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Shoulder pain is highly prevalent in the society. The role of muscle tissues in this pathology has received increasing interest. Some studies have proposed the role of myofascial trigger points in this population. The purpose of the current clinical trial is to compare the effects of physiotherapy treatment consisting of an eccentric exercise protocol versus the same physical therapy program plus the addition of trigger point dry needling (TrP-DN) on pain and function in patients suffering from unspecific shoulder pain.

Conditions

• Shoulder Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	exercise program	Patients will be asked to perform an eccentric loading exercise program for the shoulder musculature, particularly the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles, to be performed on an individual basis twice every day. The therapeutic protocol will be applied for 5 weeks.
OTHER	TrP-DN	In addition, within the second and fourth sessions, they will receive TrP-DN over active TrPs in the shoulder muscles

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-01-01
• Primary completion: 2016-03-01
• Completion: 2016-03-01
• First posted: 2015-01-14
• Last updated: 2016-03-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain