NCT03015662

Clinical Outcomes After Dry Needling on Cervical Muscles, and Quality of Life, in Patients With Fibromyalgia Syndrome.

Clinical Outcomes After Dry Needling on Cervical Muscles, Quality of Life, Fatigue, Quality of Sleep, Anxiety and Depression in Patients With Fibromyalgia Syndrome.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 64 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Almeria · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Objectives: The purpose of the current randomized clinical trial is to compare the effectiveness of dry needling versus myofascial release therapy on myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) in cervical muscles, quality of life, fatigue, quality of sleep, anxiety and depression in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS).

Detailed description

Design: A single-blind randomized controlled trial will be conducted on patients with FMS. Methods: Sixty-four subjects with FMS will be randomly assigned to an experimental group receiving dry needling therapy, or to a control group for myofascial release therapy in the trigger points active or latent in the following pairs of muscles: occipital, splenius capitis, sternocleidomastoid, scalene, trapezius, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, and multifidus. Myofascial trigger points, quality of life, impact of fibromyalgia symptoms, quality of sleep, intensity of pain, anxiety levels, state of depression, impact of fatigue will be recorded at baseline and after four weeks of treatment.

Conditions

• Fibromyalgia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Dry Needling Therapy	Dry needling procedures will be performed in the following pairs of muscles in the same intervention: occipital, splenius capitis, sternocleidomastoid (Clavicular branch TrPs 1, 2 and 3; sternal branch TrPs 1, 2, 3 and 4), scalene (anterior TrPs 1, and 2; medial TrP (Trigger Point) 1; posterior TrP 1), trapezius (upper TrPs 1, and 2; middle TrPs 5, 6 and 7; lower TrPs 3, and 4), supraspinatus (central point; myotendinous union; tendon insertion), infraspinatus (medial/superior; lateral/superior; lateral scapular side; medial scapular side), and multifidus (level C6).
OTHER	Myofascial Release Therapy	Patients will develope a myofascial therapy protocol, administered in the following order in the same intervention: deep fascia release in temporal region, suboccipital release, compression-decompression of temporomandibular joint, global release of cervicodorsal fascia, release of pectoral region, diaphragm release (transverse slide), and transverse diaphragmatic plane.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-01-01
• Primary completion: 2017-02-01
• Completion: 2017-08-01
• First posted: 2017-01-10
• Last updated: 2017-10-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain