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IRCT20230604058379N1 IRCT 2023-07-05 Tehran University of Medical Sciences Effects of Dry Needling with Electrical Stimulation in The Treatment Subacute Neck Pain MPS (Myofascial Pain Syndrome) Effects of Dry Needling and Dry Needling Combined with Electrical Stimulation on Pain and Function in Patients with Subacute Musculoskeletal Neck Pain following Myofascial Trigger Points 2023-07-01 anticipated 30 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/70510 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Double blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment, Randomization description: We will use a simple lottery method for the random allocation of patients into the treatment and control groups. Equal size allocation will be done in this study. All the patients will be given a unique number after screening and then the numbers will be written on small papers of equal size. After that, all the papers will be put in a box and shuffled. For the treatment group, one slip will be taken out by the patient and handed over to the therapist. The same procedure will be used for control group allocation. This sequence will be repeated till all the patients will be allocated into groups, Blinding description: In this open-label study, the physiotherapist was not blind to the groups. However, both the participants and the assessor would be blinded to the treatment protocols. The participants will also get verbal explanations of the study's purpose and the procedures that would be applied before any intervention. N/A Subacute Neck Pain for more than 3 weeks. Intervention group: The participants will be randomly allocated into two groups:Group-1 The patients will be under the application of [Dry needling with hot pack] Group -2 The patients will be under the application of [Electrical Dry needling with hot pack [ All participants were lying in prone position and did receive standard medical care including 7 minutes of superficial heat (hot pack) before and after applying Dry needling. The period between hot pack and dry needling was about 3 min. Each protocol of intervention consists of 6 sessions for 3 weeks (2 sessions per week). The participants should not take any other treatment during research time. They must also follow the routine life without any extra activities such as sewing, typing, etc.. Undecided - It is not yet known if there will be a plan to make this available Justification or reason for indecision in sharing IPD is Currently we are working on streamlining the project and data collection. After recruiting the participants we may be able to deidentify individual data sets.
public Ali hasan hadi
Al atbaa
Karbala Iraq 56001 +964 781 530 7009 nangy489@gmail.com Tehran University of Medical Sciences scientific Dr Siamak Bashardoust Tajali
Enqhelab squar , Tehran
Tehran Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0000 +98 912 107 9244 s_bashardoust@yahoo.com Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iraq Both genders. The patients must have sub acute neck pain. The patients must have unilateral neck pain following the myofascial trigger point in the upper quadrant muscles. Age between 25-45 years. The patients must present unilateral sub-acute trigger point signs and symptoms from past 22 -84 days. The number of identified trigger points at the area must be between 5 – 10 and can be specified for all upper quadrant muscles. 25 years 45 years Both The patients who had a systemic disorder or migraine The patients were on medication for trigger points or physiotherapy treatment in previous 3 weeks prior to the study The pregnant women. The patient had trauma in the neck area during the past 6 months The patients with skin inflammation The patients with the pen wounds The patients who refused to continue the study for any reason The patients who had needle phobia The patients who had a bleeding disorder The patients who had a cognitive disorder The patients who had tumors or a background of malignancy disorders M54.2 Cervicalgia Treatment - Devices Intervention group: The participants will be randomly allocated into two groups:Group-1 The patients will be under the application of [Dry needling with hot pack] Group -2 The patients will be under the application of [Electrical Dry needling with hot pack [ All participants were lying in prone position and did receive standard medical care including 7 minutes of superficial heat (hot pack) before and after applying Dry needling. The period between hot pack and dry needling was about 3 min. Each protocol of intervention consists of 6 sessions for 3 weeks (2 sessions per week). The participants should not take any other treatment during research time. They must also follow the routine life without any extra activities such as sewing, typing, etc. Visual Analog Scale for Pain. Timepoint: Before intervention and after 3 weeks. Method of measurement: The therapist will ask the patient to report their pain using Visual Analog Scale. Range of Motion of Cervical Spine. Timepoint: Before intervention and after 3 weeks. Method of measurement: The therapist will use Bubble Inclinometer to measure the range of motion of the cervical spine. Functional Capacity Evaluation. Timepoint: Before intervention and after 3 weeks. Method of measurement: The therapist will measure the score of functional capacity evaluation. Neck Disability Index. Timepoint: Before intervention and after 3 weeks. Method of measurement: The therapist will measure the score of the Neck Disability Index. Disability. Timepoint: Before treatment and after 3 weeks. Method of measurement: Neck Disability Index (NDI). Tehran University of Medical Sciences Approved 2023-05-13 Ethics committee of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery and the Faculty of Rehabilitation - Tehran School of Rehabilitation of Tehran University of MedicalSciences, Piche Shemiran, Enghelab Ave, Tehran, Iran Tehran Tehran Iran (Islamic Republic of)