Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02882906
Myofascial Trigger Points in the Upper Limb in Stroke Patients
Myofascial Trigger Points Are Associated in the Upper Limb in Stroke Patients: a Cross Sectional Study
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 50 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 90 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
One source of shoulder pain can be myofascial trigger points (MTrPs). MTrPs are localized, hyperirritable points in the skeletal muscles that are associated with palpable nodules in muscle fibres. MTrPs can be classified into active and latent. Latent MTrPs demonstrate the same clinical characteristics as active MTrPs but they do not provoke spontaneous pain. Numerous studies have shown that MTrPs are prevalent in patients with chronic non-traumatic neck and shoulder pain.
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2016-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2016-03-01
- Completion
- 2016-07-01
- First posted
- 2016-08-30
- Last updated
- 2016-08-30
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Italy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02882906. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.