Investigating the Minimum Number of Needling Required to Optimize Trigger Point Injections Outcome

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · Jan 26, 2021

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Chronic pain affects over 100 million Americans with an annual cost of about $600 billion/year. Almost half of the chronic pain conditions are attributed to musculoskeletal conditions.

Musculoskeletal pain is typically identified with palpation over tender areas initially identified by the patient and then verified by the physician. There are typically areas of muscles that when palpated, pain is experienced by the patient. These points are known as Trigger Points. There are several ways to manage trigger points. Muscle relaxers are the most common pharmacological approaches to manage trig...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Able to speak, read and write English
• • Diagnosis of myofascial pain
• • Failed conservative therapy or unable to participate in physical therapy
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Serious mental illness that may not enable the patient to perceive pain changes
• • History of conditions which may present as diffuse pain