Dry Needling and Kinesio Taping in the Treatment of Myofascial Pain Syndrome

Comparison of Dry Needling and Kinesio Taping Methods in the Treatment of Myofascial Pain Syndrome

The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of kinesio tape and dry needling in the treatment of myofascial pain syndrome of the trapezius muscle.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Myofascial Pain Syndrome of Neck
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Kinesio Taping; Other: Dry needling

Detailed Description

Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a common problem with manifesting itself such as trigger points, taut bands, range of motion limitations and pain. One of the most common place for MPS is neck region and trapezius muscle is the common cause of these symptoms and 9 different trigger point location has been identified on trapezius muscle. Myofascial trigger points, characterized by hypersensitive nodules, can be palpated in stretched bands in the affected muscles. In order to eliminate trigger points fascial releasing, dry needling, kinesio taping and other physical therapy applications can be used.

Although there are several studies investigating the effectiveness of Kinesio taping (KT) and Dry needling(DN) methods in MPS, it is controversial which one is superior to others.

The aim of this study is to compare the effects of exercise, KT, and DN methods on pain and disability in the treatment of upper trapezoidal muscle MPS.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 105
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey
  • Merkez
    • Bolu, Merkez, Turkey, 14100
      • Abant Izzet Baysal University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being diagnosis with MPS and having active myofascial trigger points on trapezius muscle

Exclusion Criteria:

• Fibromyalgia
• a history of myofascial trigger point injection
• acute trauma
• inflammatory joint or muscle disease
• infection or malignancy on cervical region
• neurological disorders
• cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy
• inadequate cooperation for the treatment
• a history of neck surgery or spinal degeneration

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Kinesio Taping Group; Kinesio taping will be applied to trapezius muscle	Other: Kinesio Taping; Taping will be performed on sitting position with contralateral lateral flexion and flexion of the neck, using muscle technique with I strip and stretching the head at the maximum level in order to benefit from the muscle release effect. Kinesio tape was applied directly on muscle with 0% stretching.
Active Comparator: Dry needling Group; Dry needling will be applied to trigger point on trapezius muscle	Other: Dry needling; The trigger point on the taut band will be held with the thumb and forefinger from below and above. In the needling technique, a 0.25 * 25-mm with nickel handle, disposable sterile steel acupuncture needle will be used. The needle tip will be inserted perpendicularly into the subcutaneous tissue and inserted into the muscle until the trigger point in the taut band was found. The same point will be pinned 8-10 times with fast needle movements inside and out. Then the needle tip will pulled back so that it did not come out of the skin, and the bottom, top and sides of the first entered point were also pinned. This procedure was applied to all trigger points in the trapeze muscle.
No Intervention: Control Group; Control group will not receive any additional intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Pressure Pain Threshold (PPT) Measurement	Pain pressure threshold (PPT). was assessed with an analogue algometry (Baseline, FEl Inc. White Plains, NY,USA) with 1 cm2 rubber tip was used to measure the pain pressure threshold. Algometer perpendicularly placed over spinous process of T1 on prone position and pressure progressively increased 1 kg/s until patients verbally reported pain under the tip of algometer or referring pain. Measurement repeated three times and average score recorded.	two weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Visual analog scale	The patient was asked to mark the severity of his or her pain with active motion on a horizontal line 100 millimeters in length. The intensity of the pain was calculated by measuring the area in which the individual marked between 0 (no pain) and 10 (the most severe pain I felt in my life).	two weeks
Neck Disability Index	Perceived disability of patients was assessed with 10-item item Neck Disability Index (NDI),which a modified from Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Index to assess with a score range of 0 to 50.	two weeks
Global Perceived Effect Scale	Change in the perception of the symptoms after the treatment was measured by a Global Perceived Effect Scale. Patients were asked to rate change between 1 completely recovered, 4 unchanged, 7 vastly worse on a horizontal likert scale.	two weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Abant Izzet Baysal University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Mustafa Fatih Yaşar, MD, Bolu Abant Izzet Baylsa University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 27, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 1, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): January 15, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 18, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 18, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): August 20, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 19, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 18, 2024
• Last Verified: April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Pain; Taping; Dry needling; Trigger Point
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Mental Disorders; Pathologic Processes; Nervous System Diseases; Disease; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Rheumatic Diseases; Muscular Diseases; Neuromuscular Diseases; Syndrome; Fibromyalgia; Somatoform Disorders; Myofascial Pain Syndromes
• Other Study ID Numbers: Physical Med-1

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

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