Dry needling for shoulder pain from muscle knots
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Pain clinical trials.
This trial tests if dry needling (inserting thin needles into muscle knots) can reduce shoulder pain caused by a condition called myofascial pain syndrome. It may help if you have a specific muscle knot in your shoulder blade area and significant pain.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You have been diagnosed with shoulder myofascial pain syndrome with a knot in the infraspinatus muscle (a muscle in your shoulder blade).
- Your shoulder pain is at least a 6 out of 10 on a pain scale.
- You can read and write.
- You have not had shoulder surgery or frozen shoulder.
- You have not had physical therapy or injections for your shoulder in the last 3 to 6 months.
- You have not used steroids in the last month and can avoid them during the study.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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