NCT02953236

INSTRUMENTED-MANUAL PHYSIOTHERAPY VERSUS NONINSTRUMENTED

THE INMEDIATE EFFECTS OF RICHELLI'S PAINRELIEVER ON UPPER TRAPEZIUS MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINT IN PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM NECK PAIN: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Malaga · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aimed to verify the mechanical and clinical effects of instrumented massage on myofascial trigger points of trapezius muscle in adult subjects.

Detailed description

Background: There are several therapies currently used to treat myofascial trigger points, including conservative and invasive techniques. It has been shown that conservative techniques including therapeutic massage, stretching, transcutaneal electrical nerve stimulation, spray and stretch, cold laser treatment, and ultrasound are the most applied treatments for myofascial pain syndrome, but no single strategy has proved to be universally successful. Instrumented massage has shown clinical effectiveness on shoulder pain, low back pain, and only one study (case report) on myofascial trigger points. This study aimed to verify the mechanical and clinical effects of instrumented massage on myofascial trigger points of trapezius muscle in adult subjects. Methods/Design: The study includes 31 volunteers with myofascial trigger points on right trapezius muscle. Clinical and patient data were obtained from questionnaires, VAS, algometry, sono-myoelastography and myotonometry. Also, physiotherapist grip strength was measured. Subjects were randomly allocated into one of two groups: Instrumented massage or Manual massage. The intervention consisted in a single 20 minutes session of massage on the back and neck by the same therapist, depending of the group, massage was applied manually or instrumented.

Conditions

• Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Instrumented massage	The first group will receive a 20 min session of instrumented massage on back and neck areas. Subjects will be in prone position and physical therapist will applied instrumental massage in a protocolised way from low back until neck muscles, both in left and right side of the body.
PROCEDURE	Manual massage	The second group will receive a 20 min session of manual massage on back and neck areas. Subjects will be in prone position and physical therapist will applied manual massage in a protocolised way from low back until neck muscles, both in left and right side of the body.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-01-01
• Primary completion: 2016-01-01
• Completion: 2017-03-01
• First posted: 2016-11-02
• Last updated: 2017-03-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain