The aim of the study is to investigate the effects of the dry needling technique in teres major muscles on pain, range of motion, strength and extensibility of the posterior part of the tissues of the shoulder in athletes with shoulder pain.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
40
Dry needling based on fast-in fast-out technique in the teresa major muscle
Luis Ceballos Laita
Soria, Spain
RECRUITINGPain intensity
the examiners assess the pain intensity using a visual analoigue scale
Time frame: Baseline
Pain intensity
the examiners assess the pain intensity using a visual analoigue scale
Time frame: immediately after the intervention
Range of motion
the examiners assess the shoulder range of motion with an universal goniometer
Time frame: Baseline
Range of motion
the examiners assess the shoulder range of motion with an universal goniometer
Time frame: immediately after the intervention
Strength
the examiners assess the shoulder range of motion with a hand-held dynamometer
Time frame: Baseline
Strength
the examiners assess the shoulder range of motion with a hand-held dynamometer
Time frame: immediately after the intervention
Extensibility
the examiners assess the extensibility of the posterior part of the tissues of the shoulder using a digital inclinometer
Time frame: Baseline
Extensibility
the examiners assess the extensibility of the posterior part of the tissues of the shoulder using a digital inclinometer
Time frame: immediately after the intervention
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