NCT03882515

Evaluation Of Peripheral Muscle Oxygenation In Individuals With Muscular Idiopathic Pain With Myofascial Release

Completed NA Last updated 25 September 2019

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Myofascial Release in Trapezius Muscle Strain in 126 participants. Completed in 30 July 2019.

Timeline

31 August 2017

Primary endpoint
14 March 2019

30 July 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of the State of Santa Catarina
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	126
Start date	31 August 2017
Primary completion	14 March 2019
Estimated completion	30 July 2019
Sites	1 location across Brazil

Drugs / interventions tested

• Myofascial Release
• Continuous Surface Slip Technique
• Without intervention

Conditions studied

• Trapezius Muscle Strain — all drugs for Trapezius Muscle Strain →

Sponsor

University of the State of Santa Catarina

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Trapezius Muscle Strain. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Introduction: Neck Pain (NP) is considered a common idiopathic disorder in the general population. Oriented from incorrect executions during daily activities the DPO compromises the trapezius muscle that has a viscoelastic coating called fascia, which, in turn, is a soft tissue component, belonging to the connective tissue, that permeates the entire human body. During some activities that generate muscle overload, the fascia may undergo energy demands in which the local blood supply may be decreased, causing tissue hypoxia to result in pain. Decreased tissue blood supply could limit or prevent slippage of myofascial tissues. However, myofascial release can influence mechanoreceptors within the fascia, contributing to changes in local fluid dynamics, reducing excessive muscle tension, capillary constriction, and increasing local blood flow. One of the tools available for hemodynamic evaluation is the Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS), which can quantify and capture variations in hemoglobin levels. Aim: To investigate whether myofascial release improves peripheral muscle oxygenation, pain intensity, and functional capacity of individuals with trapezius muscle pain. Methods: It is a clinical, parallel, randomized, double blind controlled trial with three groups that will be divided into: experimental, Sham and control. The instruments to be used in the research will be: Pressure Algometer, Neck Disability Index Questionnaire, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), NIRS and Electromyograph. The experimental group will receive a myofascial release protocol for 20 minutes once weekly for six weeks. The Sham group will receive a continuous surface slip technique for the same time and frequency and the control will perform the evaluation and re-evaluation. Results: The present research is expected to increase peripheral muscle oxygenation, decrease pain threshold and improve quality of life after 6 weeks of intervention.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Peripheral muscle oxygenation, pain, and disability indices in individuals with and without nonspecific neck pain, before and after myofascial reorganization®: A double-blind randomized controlled trial.
   Dos Santos Amorim M, Sinhorim L, Baptistella do Nascimento I, Wagner J, et al · · 2024 · cited 2× · PMID 38335169 · DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0292114