Dry Needling Effectiveness of Patients on Break Anterior Cruciate Ligament.
NCT ID: NCT02699411
Last Updated: 2016-03-04
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
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40 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2016-02-29
2016-09-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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patients using the following variables are evaluated:
* Pain: Visual Analog Scale (VAS) was used.
* Stiffness and physical function using the WOMAC scale (The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index.).
* Range of motion of the knee joint: Scale ROM.
* Muscular strength, balance and propiocepción: Star Excursion by Balance Scale Test.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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dry needling
Dry needling on the vastus is performed in patients undergoing ACL fortnight after the intervention and then evaluated. REL dry needling while supplies last twenty insertions before treatment, at midnight, a week and five weeks.
Dry needling
dry needling Travell and Simons
Stability and propioception
Proprioception and stability exercises in patients undergoing ACL fortnight after the intervention and then evaluates performed before treatment, at midnight, a week and five weeks.
Stability and propioception
Start excursion balance test, WOMAC; ROM, EVA.
Interventions
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Dry needling
dry needling Travell and Simons
Stability and propioception
Start excursion balance test, WOMAC; ROM, EVA.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
* postoperative complications
* cause myofascial or neuropathic pain in the lower limb, as lumba-sacral radiculopathy, neuropraxia, neurotmesis, axonotmesis or meralgia paresthetica;
* fibromyalgia.
* hypothyroidism
* iron deficiencies and patients who had a fear of needles (fear of needles).
* Lower limb differences.
18 Years
55 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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European University Spain
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Jorge Velázquez Saornil
Physiotherapist
Principal Investigators
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Jorge Velázquez, Sr
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
European University
Locations
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Jorge Velázquez Saornil
Madrid, , Spain
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Jorge Velázquez, Mr
Role: primary
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