Comparison of Dry Needling and Thera Gun Treatment on Trapezius Muscle Active Trigger Points.

NCT ID: NCT05090332

Last Updated: 2023-04-13

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 32 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-11-01
• Study Completion Date: 2022-09-01

Brief Summary

Comparison of dry needling and Thera Gun on treatment of Active trigger points of trapezius Muscle, pain threshold and Range of motion of neck.

Detailed Description

Chronic neck pain related to the myo-facial systems from local muscle fiber contractions referred to "myo-facial trigger points" (MTrPs).MTrPs are highly sensitive spots that lie in the skeletal muscle, and are diagnosed with mechanical pressure, they can also develop as referral pain in a specific pattern. Although MTrPs are found in all muscle groups, they are more prevalent in the upper quarter postural muscles, especially the upper trapezius muscle.

Data will be collected from both gender patients having active trigger points in trapezius muscles. Then patients will be divided randomly into two groups. All patient will be given conventional treatment and then group A will be given treatment with Thera Gun and group B will be given dry needling treatment and then will compare effects of both.

To date, a wide range of physical therapy interventions have been suggested to address MTrPs including manual therapies (massage, stretching, myofascial release), electrotherapy modalities (surface heat, ultrasound, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator and laser therapy) and invasive techniques such as dry needling (DN) but none of study is done on the effectiveness of facial gun in decreasing pain intensity and increasing range of motion and none of study compare the effect of Dry needling with facial gun. So, this study will determine the effect of facial gun on pain intensity and range of motion and compare that effect with dry needling.

Conditions

Neck Pain

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Facial Gun

Vibrations through Facial gun along with conventional Therapy

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Facial Gun

Intervention Type: OTHER

Vibration massage applied for five Minutes directly on the trigger point

Dry Needling

Intervention Type: OTHER

For dry needling the outer skin should be clean with alcohol and the taut band should be placed between thumb and index finger. Without damaging any nerve or artery the needle is passed though the muscle into the trigger point and breaking it to relief pain

Dry needling

Dry needling along with conventional treatment.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Facial Gun

Intervention Type: OTHER

Vibration massage applied for five Minutes directly on the trigger point

Dry Needling

Intervention Type: OTHER

For dry needling the outer skin should be clean with alcohol and the taut band should be placed between thumb and index finger. Without damaging any nerve or artery the needle is passed though the muscle into the trigger point and breaking it to relief pain

Interventions

Facial Gun

Vibration massage applied for five Minutes directly on the trigger point

Intervention Type: OTHER

Dry Needling

For dry needling the outer skin should be clean with alcohol and the taut band should be placed between thumb and index finger. Without damaging any nerve or artery the needle is passed though the muscle into the trigger point and breaking it to relief pain

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Diagnosed with cervical pain due to active trigger points of trapezius muscle
• Numeric Pain Rating Scale> 3

Exclusion Criteria

• Any previous history of Trauma or surgery
• Spondylitis
• Carcinoma
• Tuberculosis of spine
• Diagnosed with cervical pain & stiffness due to disc herniation, radiculopathy or any other cervical malignancy

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 50 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Riphah International University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Asghar Khan, DSc PT

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Riphah International University

Locations

Federal Government Polyclinic Hospital

Islamabad, Federal, Pakistan

Countries

Pakistan

Other Identifiers

REC-01062 Dr Hira Naz

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id