NCT04900857

Comparison of Vibration and Dry Needle in Trigger Point Therapy

Comparison of Vibration Applied to the Trigger Point and Dry Needle in Acute Myofascial Pain Syndrome: a Prospective Randomized Controlled Research

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Istanbul Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to compare the effects of localized vibration and dry needling applied to the trigger point in the individuals with acute myofascial pain syndrome.Pressure pain threshold (PPT) was used for the primary outcome measure of the study, and pain intensity, pain tolerance and short form (SF-36) were used for secondary outcome measures.

Detailed description

The patients were divided into two groups as dry needling and localized vibration using the permuted block randomization method. The study was completed with 20 (17 women, 3 men) in the dry needling group and 20 in localized vibration (15 women, 5 men). In both applications, a total of 3 sessions were made to the patients at 1-day intervals.Patients' age, gender, duration of pain, localization, presence of additional disease, drug use were questioned and recorded. Pressure pain threshold (PPT) was used for the primary outcome measure of the study, and pain intensity, pain tolerance and short form (SF-36) were used for secondary outcome measures. All evaluation criteria except SF-36 were made before, immediately after and 1 day after each session, 1 week after the last session. SF-36 was evaluated before the 1st session treatment, after the 3rd session treatment and 1 week after the 3rd session treatment.

Conditions

• Myofascial Pain Syndrome
• Trigger Point Pain, Myofascial

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Dry needle	Local twitch responses (LTRs) were obtained by multiple rapid insertions of the needle in and out of the point, similar to Hong's rapid-entry and rapid exit technique. Hong 1994). The needle was not removed from that site for the maximum stimulation time of 1 minute to 3 minutes after a local twitch response was obtained.
DEVICE	Localize vibration	the vibration was applied with 110 Hz and 5.57 mm amplitude.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-12-07
• Primary completion: 2021-02-25
• Completion: 2021-02-25
• First posted: 2021-05-25
• Last updated: 2021-05-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)