Effects of Dry Needling on Spinal Mobility and Trigger Points in Patients With Fibromyalgia Syndrome.

Universidad de Almeria66 enrolled

Overview

This study evaluates the effect of Dry Needling on Spinal Mobility and Trigger Points in Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome.

Dry Needling is a skilled intervention that uses a thin filiform needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate underlying myofascial trigger points, muscular, and connective tissues for the management of neuromusculoskeletal pain and movement impairments. Dry needling (DN) is a technique used to treat dysfunctions in skeletal muscle, fascia, and connective tissue, and, diminish persistent peripheral nociceptive input, and reduce or restore impairments of body structure and function leading to improved activity and participation.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Fibromyalgia Back Pain

Interventions

Dry NeedlingDEVICE

Dry needling is the use of either solid filiform needles or hollow-core hypodermic needles for therapy of muscle pain, sometimes also known as intramuscular stimulation (IMS). Although dry needling originally utilized only hypodermic needles due to the concern that solid filiform needles had neither the strength or tactile feedback that hypodermic needles provided and that the solid filiform needle could be deflected by "dense contraction knots".

Cross Tape TherapyOTHER

The tape consists of cross bands or strips mesh cross, nonelastic and without any medication, forming a grid-shaped patch. The cross tape will be applied on trigger points.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Fibromyalgia syndrome diagnosis. * Aged from 18 to 65 years. * No regular physical activity. * Limitation of usual activities due to pain on at least 1 day in the previous 30 days. * Agreement to attend evening therapy sessions. Exclusion Criteria: * Severe physical disability. * Comorbid conditions (eg, morbid obesity, inflammatory diseases, irritable bowel syndrome, interstitial cystitis). * Uncontrolled endocrine disorders (eg, hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism, diabetes). * Malignancy. * Psychiatric. * Illnesses (eg, schizophrenia or substance abuse). * Medication usage other than as-needed analgesics (excluding long-term narcotics). * History of surgery. * History of whiplash injury. * Presence of a score \>9 points in the Beck Depression Inventory.

Locations (1)

Univesity of Almería

Almería, Almería, Spain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain Intensity

A 10-point Numerical Pain Scale (0: no pain, 10: maximum pain) assesses the intensity of pain.

Time frame: up to Four Weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Number of participants with Trigger Points

Dry Needly Therapy will be assesses in trigger points on trapezius muscle, supraspinatus muscle, infraspinatus muscle, latissimus dorsi, iliocostalis muscle, multifidus muscles, and quadratus lumbourum muscle.

Time frame: up to Four Weeks

Posture and Spinal Mobility

Spinal Mouse is a device that, combined with a computer program (PC), assesses the curvatures of the vertebral column without applying harmful radiation. Spinal Mouse checks: spine alignment, measuring segmental and global angles in the sagittal and frontal planes; posture and spinal mobility; and spine functions and performance.

Time frame: up to Four Weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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