Dry Needling Versus Stretching for Muscle Extensibility

Universidad de Zaragoza38 enrolled

Overview

Hip osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most prevalent chronic disease in the world. Currently several authors have shown the presence of active myofascial trigger points (MTrP) in the muscles surrounding the hip joint that reproduce the symptoms of the patients with hip OA. Despite of the beneficial effects that have shown may conservative non-pharmacological treatments, there is a lack of studies evaluating the effects of the conservative treatments on muscle extensibility. According to the new paradigm about the presence of MTrPs, the investigators decided to conduct a randomized clinical trial to compare the effects of DN intervention and stretching protocol on muscle extensibility in patients with hip OA.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Osteoarthritis, Hip

Interventions

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 50 YearsMax age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * unilateral hip OA diagnosed medically with a X-Ray tess and following the American College of Rheumatology Criteria Exclusion Criteria: * Secondary osteoarthritis by a traumatism, Paget disease, inflammatory or metabolic disease, congenital diseases etc. * Vascular or neurological disease. * Musculoskeletal pathologies in lumbar spine, pelvis or lower limbs * DN contraindications or fear of needles

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

muscle extensibility

the examiners assess the muscle extensibility using an inclinomenter

Time frame: Baseline