NCT05123105

Effect of Dry Cupping and Ischemic Compression on the Trigger Point on the Upper Trapezius Muscle

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 25 (actual)
• Sponsor: Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Ischemic compression is considered the fastest and most common method for providing relief in trigger point therapy, whereas cupping therapy is not a method often used for this purpose. The muscle that has a great impact on tension-type headaches and neck pain is the trapezius, whose upper fibres are where the most common trigger point in the back is located. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the effectiveness of single ischemic compression and single dry cupping therapy on the most common trigger point, on the descending part of the trapezius muscle.

Conditions

• Trigger Point Pain, Myofascial

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	1) cupping therapy	The participant lay on his front on a couch. The examiner applied a plastic cup on a pre-marked trigger point, suctioned it with a mechanical pump and left it for 2 minutes. This was a stationary application with medium suction force. Therapy was performed on both sides. Measurements were taken before and 2 minutes after the therapy.
OTHER	2) control test (no intervention)	The participant lay on his front on a couch for 4 minutes without any activity and without anyy intervention. Measurements were taken before and after the session.
OTHER	3) ischemic compression	The participant lay on his front on a couch. The researcher applied pressure to a pre-marked trigger point using the thumb for 2 minutes until tissue resistance was felt. This included 60-second compression and after a break of a few seconds, another 60 seconds of compression. Therapies were performed on each side. Measurements were taken before and 2 minutes after the therapy.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-01-23
• Primary completion: 2021-03-30
• Completion: 2021-03-30
• First posted: 2021-11-17
• Last updated: 2021-11-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Poland