NCT04521127

Dry Needling and Kinesio Taping in the Treatment of Myofascial Pain Syndrome

Comparison of Dry Needling and Kinesio Taping Methods in the Treatment of Myofascial Pain Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 105 (actual)
• Sponsor: Abant Izzet Baysal University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of kinesio tape and dry needling in the treatment of myofascial pain syndrome of the trapezius muscle.

Detailed description

Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a common problem with manifesting itself such as trigger points, taut bands, range of motion limitations and pain. One of the most common place for MPS is neck region and trapezius muscle is the common cause of these symptoms and 9 different trigger point location has been identified on trapezius muscle. Myofascial trigger points, characterized by hypersensitive nodules, can be palpated in stretched bands in the affected muscles. In order to eliminate trigger points fascial releasing, dry needling, kinesio taping and other physical therapy applications can be used. Although there are several studies investigating the effectiveness of Kinesio taping (KT) and Dry needling(DN) methods in MPS, it is controversial which one is superior to others. The aim of this study is to compare the effects of exercise, KT, and DN methods on pain and disability in the treatment of upper trapezoidal muscle MPS.

Conditions

• Myofascial Pain Syndrome of Neck

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Kinesio Taping	Taping will be performed on sitting position with contralateral lateral flexion and flexion of the neck, using muscle technique with I strip and stretching the head at the maximum level in order to benefit from the muscle release effect. Kinesio tape was applied directly on muscle with 0% stretching.
OTHER	Dry needling	The trigger point on the taut band will be held with the thumb and forefinger from below and above. In the needling technique, a 0.25 \* 25-mm with nickel handle, disposable sterile steel acupuncture needle will be used. The needle tip will be inserted perpendicularly into the subcutaneous tissue and inserted into the muscle until the trigger point in the taut band was found. The same point will be pinned 8-10 times with fast needle movements inside and out. Then the needle tip will pulled back so that it did not come out of the skin, and the bottom, top and sides of the first entered point were also pinned. This procedure was applied to all trigger points in the trapeze muscle.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-08-27
• Primary completion: 2020-11-01
• Completion: 2021-01-15
• First posted: 2020-08-20
• Last updated: 2024-04-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)