Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:38 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:38 PM
NCT ID:
NCT02107456
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* 1\. Presence of a palpable taut band in muscle.
* 2\. Presence of a hypersensitive tender spot in the taut band.
* 3\. Reproduction of the typical referred pain pattern of the MTP in response to compression. To detect active TrPs, TrP pressure tolerance was assessed using a mechanical pressure algometer. The investigator applied continuous pressure with the algometer with an approximate pressure of 2.5 kg/cm2.
* 4\. Spontaneous presence of the typical referred pain pattern and/or patient recognition of the referred pain as familiar.
* 5- Pain of at least 30 mm on a visual analogue scale (VAS). The selected MTP of the UT muscle was located in the middle of the more nearly horizontal fibers of the UT 40.
Exclusion Criteria:
* had a history of fibromyalgia syndrome, whiplash injury, cervical spine surgery and fracture, cervical radiculopathy, having therapy within the past month before the study
* any systematic disease such as rheumatism and tuberculosis or cervical myelopathy, multiple sclerosis
* local infection,
* pregnancy
* taking anticoagulants (e.g. warfarin)
* long-term steroid using
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
20 Years
Maximum Age:
40 Years
Study:
NCT02107456
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02107456