NCT04466813

Effect of Dry Needling on Muscle Mechanical Properties and Muscle Contractility in Latent Trigger Points

Effects of Dry Needling on Stiffness in Latent Trigger Points a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Castilla-La Mancha · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether application of Dry Needling (DN) is effective for improved Muscle Mechanical Properties and Muscle Contractility in Latent Trigger Points point (LTrP) of upper trapezius. Randomized controlled trial, in parallel with cross-control design. Two groups with LTrP in upper trapezius, and will be randomly selected to DN group or Sham-Dn group.

Conditions

• Trigger Point Pain, Myofascial

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Intervention-Dry Needling	Deep Dry Needling into the site of the latent Trigger Point of the upper trapezius muscle. 1 session in upper trapezius muscle moving the needle up and down ten times.
DEVICE	Control-Dry Needling	Sham Dry Needling into the site of the latent Trigger Point of the upper trapezius muscle with non-penetrating needles

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-07-20
• Primary completion: 2020-09-20
• Completion: 2020-10-20
• First posted: 2020-07-10
• Last updated: 2020-10-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain