Benefits of Dry Needling in Trigger Points on Autonomic Nervous System and Corporal Composition in Patients With Fibromyalgia Syndrome

Universidad de Almeria64 enrolled

Overview

This study evaluates the benefits of dry needling in trigger points on autonomic nervous system, photoelectric plethysmography, body composition in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome.

Dru needling can be developed on active trigger points. Myofascial trigger points can be active or latent. An active myofascial trigger point pain causes giving a specific pathological picture. We will conduct a location of myofascial trigger points following the illustrations location myofascial trigger points that indicate Travell and Simons both left-sided and right.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Fibromyalgia Trigger Points

Interventions

Dry Needling TherapyOTHER

The dry needling therapy will be applied on active trigger points in occipital muscle, splenius capitis, sternocleidomastoid muscle, scalene muscles, trapezius, supraspinatus, infraspinatus muscle, latissimus dorsi, iliocostalis muscle, multifidus muscles, and quadratus lumbourm muscles.

Electrical Stimulation TherapyOTHER

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)

Adelaida María Castro-Sánchez

Almería, Spain