NCT04864704

Immediate Decrease of Muscle Biomechanical Stiffness Following Dry Needling in Asymptomatic Participants

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Bradley University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

60 healthy participants were randomized into infraspinatus, erector spinae, or gastrocnemius groups. One session of dry needling DN was applied to the muscle in standardized location. Stiffness was assessed using a MyotonPRO at baseline, immediately post DN, and 24 hours later. The presence of a localized twitch response (LTR) during DN was used to subgroup participants.

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	dry needling	Physical therapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-01-30
• Primary completion: 2015-01-30
• Completion: 2015-01-30
• First posted: 2021-04-29
• Last updated: 2021-04-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States