An interventional study of ball-rolling (Myostorm ball) in Trigger Point Pain, Myofascial, sponsored by Memorial University of Newfoundland. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 40 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-07-03.
Sponsored by Memorial University of Newfoundland · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The current study aims to examine the potential effects of rolling a Myostorm ball on the trigger points in the upper back muscles.
The investigators will ask the participants to attend the laboratory in two sessions. They will seek the tender spots on the trapezius muscle. Then the participants will be asked to roll a Myostorm ball ( a small hard ball made of plastic with a layer of soft material cover) on their affected muscles. They will be tested for pain-pressure threshold (PPT), shoulder range of motion, electromyography (EMG), and force before and after the manipulation.
339 studies on the registry are indexed under Myofascial Pain Syndromes; 66 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 20 is below the median of 50 across 307 interventional studies indexed under Myofascial Pain Syndromes.
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The ball-rolling group will be asked to roll the ball on the trapezius muscle.
Device: ball-rolling (Myostorm ball)
The control group with no intervention
the intervention group
Range of Motion before ball rolling
the range of motion in the shoulder joint
Time frame: 3 minutes before the intervention (Ball-rolling)
Pain pressure threshold before ball rolling
the measurement of the pain pressure threshold on the trapezius muscle using Lafayette Muscle Tester; A hand-held algometer will be applied on the participant's skin and an incremental pressure will be applied until the participant notify the experimenter to stop. The pain pressure threshold will be reported in kilogram/cm2.
Time frame: 3 minutes before the intervention (Ball-rolling)
Range of Motion after ball rolling
the range of motion in the shoulder joint
Time frame: up to 3 minutes after the intervention (Ball-rolling)
Pain pressure threshold after ball rolling
the measurement of the pain pressure threshold on the trapezius muscle using Lafayette Muscle Tester; A hand-held algometer will be applied on the participant's skin and an incremental pressure will be applied until the participant notify the experimenter to stop. The pain pressure threshold will be reported in kilogram/cm2.
Time frame: up to 3 minutes after the intervention (Ball-rolling)
No study locations are listed for this record.
Plan to share: Yes — The data will be kept confidential, and the participant codes will be used to link individual data across the experiment sessions. Data will be stored physically and digitally in Dr. Behm's office. Every reasonable effort will be made to ensure the participants' anonymity. They will not be identified in publications without their explicit permission. All data will be collected independently and kept confidential. All data will be stored in hardcopy and password-protected digital copy in Dr. David Behm's office at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. Consent forms will be stored separately from participant data in a locked cabinet in Dr. David Behm's office. Data access will be limited only to our research team members. Data potentially may be published in an online journal article. Published data will contain no personally identifying information.
Supporting information: Clinical study report
Time frame: Data will be kept for at least five years, as Memorial University's policy on Integrity in Scholarly Research requires.
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Start is estimated for Jul 2023; primary completion for Dec 2023, 5 months later.
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 planned 5 months is close to 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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