NCT06013644

Acupuncture, Dry Needle and Botox Injection in Management of Patient With Myofascial Pain Dysfunction Syndrome

Comparative Efficacy of Acupuncture, Dry Needle and Botox Injection in Management of Patient With Myofascial Pain Dysfunction Syndrome Using Electromyography and Visual Analogue Scale: A Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: EARLY_Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 39 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Evaluating myofascial pain dysfunction symptoms using acupuncture, dry needle and Botox injection using electromyography and visual Analogue Scale on two time intervals at 2 and 6 months after the intervention

Detailed description

All the patients will be selected and examine from the outpatient clinic of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery department. Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, Egypt. Electromyography examination will be conducted in the department of neurophysiology department. faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt. Adult patients of both sexes, aged from 15 to 60 years with myofascial pain dysfunction syndrome complaining from sign and symptoms of pain or muscles spams and examination shows trigger points in masticatory muscles. selected patients must have not received any other form of surgical treatment related to TMJ disorders All patients involved in this study will be divided into three groups, each group will receive a technique for one side of MPDS, involving acupuncture, dry needle, and Botox injection. for both, acupuncture group and dry needling group, patients should receive a session/week for 4-6 weeks

Conditions

• Myofascial Trigger Point Pain
• Myofascial Pain Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Acupuncture needle	a weekly session for 4-6 weeks on needle for each acupoint for at least 20 minutes the included acupoints are ST6, ST7, SI 18, ST 19, GB 2
DEVICE	Dry needle	a weekly session for 4-6 weeks the trigger point is held by thumb and index fingers and the needle approaches the point perpendicular to the skin and rotated clockwise for 2-3 minutes
DRUG	Botox Injectable Product	each patient will receive a one time treatment of a suitable dose (estimated by the research team) according to the severity of the symptoms

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-06-03
• Primary completion: 2024-02-01
• Completion: 2024-02-01
• First posted: 2023-08-28
• Last updated: 2023-08-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt