NCT03619928

Comparison of Dry Needle and Massotherapy on Tolerance Effort and Soreness

Comparison of Dry Needle and Massotherapy on Tolerance to the Effort and Soreness of Individuals With Late Muscular Pain Induced by Exercise

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Introduction: Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is a common myogenic condition considered to be a muscle tension injury frequently observed in recreational or experienced athletes, induced in the majority of cases by eccentric and inactive exercises, the most common of which are: tension, pain and impairment muscular and have a course of typical duration of 24 hours and peak between 48 and 72 hours. Among the treatments proposed with the aim of reducing the symptoms of DOMS is massage therapy. However, dry needling is a relatively new technique that has been used in myotendinous lesions and its effects on late muscle pain have not yet been studied. Objective: To compare the impact of dry needling and massage therapy on exercise tolerance, and analgesia of sedentary individuals with late muscle pain induced by eccentric exercise. The present study is characterized as a randomized and blinded comparative study in which male sedentary individuals will be invited in which the late muscle pain will be induced through eccentric contractions and will receive different treatments: dry needling or massage therapy. The upper limb functionality, pain perception, superficial hyperemia and brachial biceps thickness will be compared through the exams: visual analogue pain scale (VAS), digital algometry, thermography, ultrasonography and isometric test.

Conditions

• Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Dry needling	20 minutes through a sterile, disposable Dong Bang® needle size of 0.25X30 mm. At the moment of insertion of the needle, the therapist will perform a muscular shortening around the application site, in a pincer movement performed by the index and thumb fingers, in order to isolate the muscle fibers of the biceps brachii. Five needles will be applied to the short head brachii biceps in five points: origin, insertion, center of the muscular womb (60% of the distance from the medial acromion to the cubital fossa in the elbow line) and two points equidistant from the center 2 cm.
DEVICE	Massotherapy	A 20-minute massage will be applied to the non-dominant upper limb exercised by a therapist for the massage condition. The massage will consist of: 1) surface slip; 2) deep slip; 3) kneading; 4) friction with the thumbs; 5) friction with four fingers; 6) percussions with open and alternating hands; 7) percussions with open and simultaneous hands; 8) tapping; and 9) surface slip.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-07-27
• Primary completion: 2018-08-27
• Completion: 2018-10-01
• First posted: 2018-08-08
• Last updated: 2018-08-08

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil