Dry Needling and Exercises in Shoulder Pain

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-01-31

Study Completion Date

2016-03-31

Brief Summary

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Shoulder pain is highly prevalent in the society. The role of muscle tissues in this pathology has received increasing interest. Some studies have proposed the role of myofascial trigger points in this population. The purpose of the current clinical trial is to compare the effects of physiotherapy treatment consisting of an eccentric exercise protocol versus the same physical therapy program plus the addition of trigger point dry needling (TrP-DN) on pain and function in patients suffering from unspecific shoulder pain.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Shoulder Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Experimental group

Patients will be asked to perform an eccentric loading exercise program for the shoulder musculature, particularly the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles, to be performed on an individual basis twice every day. The therapeutic protocol will be applied for 5 weeks. In addition, within the second and fourth sessions, they will receive TrP-DN over active TrPs in the shoulder muscles

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

exercise program

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients will be asked to perform an eccentric loading exercise program for the shoulder musculature, particularly the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles, to be performed on an individual basis twice every day. The therapeutic protocol will be applied for 5 weeks.

TrP-DN

Intervention Type OTHER

In addition, within the second and fourth sessions, they will receive TrP-DN over active TrPs in the shoulder muscles

Control group

Patients will be asked to perform an eccentric loading exercise program for the shoulder musculature, particularly the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles, to be performed on an individual basis twice every day. The therapeutic protocol will be applied for 5 weeks.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

exercise program

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients will be asked to perform an eccentric loading exercise program for the shoulder musculature, particularly the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles, to be performed on an individual basis twice every day. The therapeutic protocol will be applied for 5 weeks.

Interventions

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exercise program

Patients will be asked to perform an eccentric loading exercise program for the shoulder musculature, particularly the supraspinatus and infraspinatus muscles, to be performed on an individual basis twice every day. The therapeutic protocol will be applied for 5 weeks.

Intervention Type OTHER

TrP-DN

In addition, within the second and fourth sessions, they will receive TrP-DN over active TrPs in the shoulder muscles

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Unilateral non-traumatic shoulder pain
* Shoulder pain from at least 3 months
* Shoulder pain of more than 4 points on a NPRS

Exclusion Criteria

* bilateral shoulder symptoms
* younger than 18 or older than 65 years
* history of shoulder fractures or dislocation
* cervical radiculopathy
* previous interventions with steroid injections
* fibromyalgia syndrome
* previous history of shoulder or neck surgery
* any type of intervention for the neck-shoulder area during the previous year

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No