NCT03365674

Vibration for Pain Reduction During Trigger Point Injection

Vibration Anesthesia for Pain Reduction During Trigger Point Injection to the Gastrocnemius

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: The Catholic University of Korea · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of vibration anesthesia for reducing pain induced by trigger point injection of gastrocnemius. Sixty patients were randomized into the vibration or placebo group. In vibration groups, vibrator head was applied (100Hz) on the popliteal fossa, during the trigger point injection. In placebo group, same vibrator head was applied with switch-off sate. Then, a visual analog scale to evaluate the pain of trigger point injection and a five-point Likert scale for patients satisfaction were compared between the two groups.

Conditions

• Myofascial Pain Syndromes

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Vibration	Vibration applied with vibrator switch-on state (100Hz)
DEVICE	Placebo vibration	Vibrator applied with switch-off state

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-09-30
• Primary completion: 2018-03-30
• Completion: 2018-04-30
• First posted: 2017-12-07
• Last updated: 2019-02-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea