Changes in Surface EMG Activity After Dry Needling Compared to Sham Needling
Neck Pain, Posterior, Work-Related Condition
About this trial
This is an interventional other trial for Neck Pain, Posterior focused on measuring Dry needling, Sham needling, Office workers, Myofascial pain, Surface electromyography
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Performing office work since at least one year
- Performing computer based tasks for at least 20 hours a week
- NRS > or equal to 3/10
- Clinical diagnosis of trapezius myalgia
- Trapezius myalgia is work-related and thus aggravates during working day/ week
- Presence of a trigger point in the upper trapezius muscle
Exclusion Criteria:
- Being in treatment during the study
- Traumatic injuries/surgery to neck and upper limb region
- Signs of cervical nerve root impingement
- Whiplash injury
- Cardiovascular, neurological, life threatening, systemic and metabolic diseases
- Diagnosis of fibromyalgia/chronic fatigue syndrome
- Shoulder pathology
- Coagulation disorders
- Pregnancy
Sites / Locations
- Ghent University
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Sham Comparator
Dry needling
Sham needling
A single dry needling session will be performed with the subject lying on the non painful side. After palpation of a taut band, and detection of a MTrP in the upper trapezius muscle, a trained physiotherapist will penetrate the needle into skin surface, fascia, into the muscle tissue at the MTrP location, and will move the needle up and down in multiple directions. In case local twitch responses are elicited, this will be repeated until the local twitch responses are extinct.
A single sham needling session will be performed with the subject lying on the non painful side. After palpation of a taut band, and detection of a MTrP in the upper trapezius muscle, a trained physiotherapist will penetrate the needle into the skin surface at the MTrP location. The fascia and muscle tissue will not be penetrated.