Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization Versus Trigger Points Release on Upper Trapezius Trigger Points
CompletedNot applicableNCT05249660
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Study will be randomized clinical trial. Data will be collected from non probability consecutive sampling technique. Total 30 participants from Ganga Ram Hospital and Care medical centre will be selected and randomly allocated to two different groups i.e Group A and Group B. . Group A will be treated by trigger point release. Group B will be treated by Instrument assisted soft tissue release. NPRS, GONIOMETRY, NDI will be used as outcome measuring tool before and after treatment. Data will be analyzed by using Statistical package for social sciences 25.
Study details
- Official title
- Effect of Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization Versus Trigger Points Release on Pain; Mobility and Function of Upper Trapezius Trigger Points in Chronic Neck Pain.
- Conditions
- Trigger Points
- Interventions
- Other: Soft tissue release technique
- Other: Comparator: Instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization
- Sponsor
- Riphah International University
- Start date
- 2022-01-25
- Primary completion
- 2022-07-13
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 20 Years to 45 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- true
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Pakistan
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with neck pain in the upper trapezius muscle * Tender nodule, constant pain, a jump sign during palpation will be included in this study Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with Whiplash injury * History of neck/shoulder surgery * Cervical Radiculopathy * History of malignancy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05249660