An interventional study of Neural mobilization and Soft tissue techniques and Stretching in Myofascial Pain Syndrome, sponsored by Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus. Completed. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-10-31.
Sponsored by Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
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Myofascial pain is a clinical problem that has generated interest, debate and confusion for decades. According to studies anywhere between 33 and 97 % of patients with musculoskeletal pain visiting physicians and manual therapists are diagnosed with Myofascial Trigger Points (MTrPs). MTrPs are localized, hyperirritable points that are associated with palpable nodules in taut bands (TB) of muscle fibres. MTrPs can be classified into active and latent. Latent MTrPs demonstrate the same clinical characteristics as active MTrPs but they do not provoke spontaneous pain. The myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) are common in healthy subjects and in patients with musculoskeletal pain, and could produce sensitive disturbances and motor dysfunctions
339 studies on the registry are indexed under Myofascial Pain Syndromes; 66 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 50 is close to the median of 50 across 307 interventional studies indexed under Myofascial Pain Syndromes.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Neural mobilization for a total of 12 minutes
Device: Neural mobilization
Soft tissue techniques and Stretching right side of the craniocervical for a total of 12 minutes
Device: Soft tissue techniques and Stretching
Control group
Device: Control group
Neural mobilization on the right side of the craniocervical region for a total of 12 minutes.
Soft tissue techniques and Stretching on the right side of the craniocervical region for a total of 12 minutes
Did not receive any treatment.
Change from Pain intensity at 24 hours
Pressure Pain Thresholds (PPT) will be assessed bilaterally over the masseter, temporalis, trapezius and suboccipital muscles by an assessor blinded to the subjects condition.
Time frame: 24 hours, 5 minutes after the treatment
Maximum mouth opening without pain at 24 hours
Is the ability to open the mouth so widely as you could without pain.
Time frame: 24 hours, 5 minutes after the treatment
Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) at 24 hours
Will be used to measure PCS
Time frame: 24 hours, 5 minutes after the treatment
No study locations are listed for this record.
Plan to share: Undecided
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Ran from Jan 2017 to primary completion in Feb 2017, 1 month.
Of 202 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Myofascial Pain Syndromes, half reached primary completion within 5 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 2 and three quarters within 12. This study's 1 month is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 204 studies reached it within 5 months; a quarter within 2 and three quarters within 13.
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