NCT03703193

Dry Needling for Shoulder Pain in Stroke Patients

Dry Needling for Shoulder Pain and Presence of Post-needling Induced-Pain in PAtients Who Had Suffered a Stroke

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 16 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 30 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Spasticity and pain, particularly int he shoulder region, are the most common impairments experienced by subjects who had experienced a stroke. There is preliminary evidence supporting the role of dry needling for spasticity in patients who had suffered from a stroke. Few data exists on the effects on shoulder pain. In addition, it has been shown that application of dry needling induces post-needling soreness in individuals with musculoskeletal pain. No previous study has investigated the presence and the duration of post-needling soreness in individuals who had experienced a stroke.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Dry Needling	A single session of modulatory interventions combined with a single session of dry needling into the shoulder muscles which active trigger points will reproduce the shoulder pain symptoms.
OTHER	Physical Therapy	A single session of modulatory interventions targeting modulation of central nervous system.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-10-19
• Primary completion: 2018-12-21
• Completion: 2018-12-21
• First posted: 2018-10-11
• Last updated: 2018-12-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain