Effects of Dry Needling on Neck and Shoulder Pain in Orchestral Musicians: a Prospective Case Series

Effects of Myofascial Trigger Point Dry Needling on Neck Pain in Orchestral Musicians

This study evaluates the effectiveness of Deep dry needling of active myofascial trigger points present in muscles of the neck and shoulder region in orchestral musicians.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Musculoskeletal Pain; Trigger Point Pain, Myofascial; Pain Syndrome
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: Deep dry needling

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 8
• Phase: Phase 2; Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Comunidad De Madrid
    • Madrid, Comunidad De Madrid, Spain, 28668
      • CEU San Pablo University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 40 years (ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Orchestral musicians
• Chronic neck or shoulder pain
• Presence of active myofascial trigger points

Exclusion Criteria:

• Fear of needles
• Coagulation disorders
• Pregnancy

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: NA
• Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Intervention; Deep dry needling applied on active myofascial trigger points in the shoulder and neck regions	Procedure: Deep dry needling; Insertion of a filiform needle in the active trigger point of musculoskeletal muscle

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Visual analogue scale for pain	Pain measurement. 100-mm visual analog scale (VAS), horizontal line ranging from 0mm (no pain) to 100mm (worst imaginable pain).	2 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Pressure pain threshold	Analogic algometer	2 weeks
Neck disability index (NDI)	10-item, 50-point index that assesses different aspects of daily functioning in patients with neck pain. It assesses four items regarding subjective symptoms (pain intensity, headache, concentration, sleeping), four items regarding activities of daily living (lifting, work, driving, recreation), and two items regarding discretionary activities of daily living (personal care, reading). Each item is scored 0 to 5, with the total reported as either a raw score (0-50) or as a percentage score. Higher values represent a worse outcome.	2 weeks
Shoulder pain disability index (SPADI)	Self-administered questionnaire, grouping 13 questions, 5 of which measure the severity of pain caused by various arm movements involving the shoulder, the pain being assessed on a numeric pain scale ranging from 0 to 10. Eight additional questions related to functional impairments of the shoulder are assessed with a numeric scale. Higher values represent a worse outcome.	2 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: CEU San Pablo University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): February 1, 2018
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): March 1, 2018
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): March 5, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 10, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 17, 2018
• First Posted (ACTUAL): January 18, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): July 6, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 5, 2018
• Last Verified: July 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Muscular Diseases; Myofascial Pain Syndromes; Musculoskeletal Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: CEU-012

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No