NCT04789811

Exercise and Dry Needling Treatment Combination in Nocturnal Calf Cramps

The Effectiveness of Exercise and Dry Needling Treatment Combination in Patients With Nocturnal Calf Cramps

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Kars State Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: —
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The Investigators aim to evaluate the effectiveness of dry needling treatment in addition to stretching exercises on cramp duration, cramp intensity, cramp frequency, sleep quality, and sensitivity of myofascial trigger points in patients with nocturnal calf cramp.

Detailed description

Nocturnal leg cramps are sudden, involuntary, painful contractions of the lower extremity in the nighttime, most often in the calf muscles, that gradually lessens. Its etiology is not clear. It can be seen in electrolyte disturbances, drug side effects, neuromuscular diseases, diabetes mellitus, peripheral vascular pathologies. It has been mentioned in the literature that myofascial trigger points in the gastrocnemius muscle may be associated with nocturnal calf cramps. Our aim in this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the combination of stretching exercises and dry needling therapy on cramp duration, cramp intensity, cramp frequency, sleep quality, and algometer measurement in patients with nocturnal calf cramps and whose had myofascial trigger point in the gastrocnemius muscle.

Conditions

• Nocturnal Leg Cramps
• Myofascial Pain Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Stretching exercise	Stretching exercise: Stretching exercises were planned for 30 seconds, ten repetitions for each stretching, 10 minutes in total, four days a week, for two weeks.
OTHER	Dry needling	Dry needling: A total of 3 sessions of dry needling, once a week, were applied to the gastrocnemius muscle.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-12-01
• Primary completion: 2021-06-25
• Completion: 2021-06-25
• First posted: 2021-03-10
• Last updated: 2021-06-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)