NCT03709797

Effectiveness of Dry Needling as a Treatment of Shoulder Myofascial Pain Syndrome in Spinal Cord Injury Patients

Effectiveness of Dry Needling as a Treatment of Shoulder Myofascial Pain Syndrome in Spinal Cord Injury Patients: a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Universidad de León · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Shoulder pain in people with spinal cord injury is one of the most prevalent in acute and chronic patients because of weakness in shoulder periarticular muscles, and also because of overuse of these part of the body in assistive devices. This study aims to evidence if dry needling (a physiotherapy technique) is also useful in patients with spinal cord injury, and how long it could hold out without or less pain.

Conditions

• Spinal Cord Injuries
• Myofascial Pain Syndrome
• Shoulder Pain
• Puncture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Dry needling in infraspinatus muscle	Dry needling technique with multiple rapid needle insertion.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-11-09
• Primary completion: 2020-01-01
• Completion: 2020-10-01
• First posted: 2018-10-17
• Last updated: 2019-02-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain