NCT03639454

Dry Needling Treatment for Biceps Tendinopathy

Effect on Symptomatic Release of Dry Needling on Patients With Biceps Tendinopathy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: China Medical University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Biceps tendinopathy is a common cause in shoulder-pain symptoms. The major mechanism is overuse of the biceps muscles. The long-term accumulated and poor repaired trauma causes myofascial trigger points in the related muscles. We will conduct the randomized, single blind experiment to evaluate the immediate, short-term, and long-term effect of DN.

Detailed description

Biceps tendinopathy is a common cause in shoulder-pain symptoms. The major mechanism is overuse of the biceps muscles. The long-term accumulated and poor repaired trauma causes myofascial trigger points in the related muscles. Common symptoms are pain in the anterior shoulders and radiating pain in the biceps. Pain can be further elicited with lifting, pulling and repetitive overhead activity. Therefore, it can have a major impact on the patient's activity of daily life. The investigator performed dry needle (DN) treatments with acupuncture needles. Stimulating the effected muscle , the investigator move the needle forward and backward several times. Muscle twitch may occur by our procedure. The pain caused by myofascial trigger points can be decreased effective simultaneously. So far, there is no solid research or clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of the treatment yet. The investigator will conduct the randomized, single blind experiment to evaluate the immediate, short-term, and long-term effect of DN. Outcome measures include visual analog scale, shoulder pain and disability index, pressure pain threshold, pain-free grip test, muscle tone changes and ultrasonographic evaluation of biceps peritendinous effusion.

Conditions

• Bicep Tendinitis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	dry needling	Dry needling, also known as myofascial trigger point dry needling, is an well-proved technique in alternative medicine similar to acupuncture. It involves the use of either solid filiform needles or hollow-core hypodermic needles for therapy of muscle pain, including pain related to myofascial pain syndrome. Dry needling is sometimes also known as intramuscular stimulation (IMS).
PROCEDURE	Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation	Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS or TNS) is the use of electric current produced by a device to stimulate the nerves for therapeutic purposes. TENS, by definition, covers the complete range of transcutaneously applied currents used for nerve excitation although the term is often used with a more restrictive intent, namely to describe the kind of pulses produced by portable stimulators used to treat pain. The unit is usually connected to the skin using two or more electrodes. A typical battery operated TENS unit is able to modulate pulse width, frequency and intensity. Generally TENS is applied at high frequency (\>50 Hz) with an intensity below motor contraction (sensory intensity) or low frequency (\<10 Hz) with an intensity that produces motor contraction.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-09-18
• Primary completion: 2019-02-28
• Completion: 2019-04-22
• First posted: 2018-08-21
• Last updated: 2019-09-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan