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The Use of a Microdialysis/Acupuncture Needle to Assess the Local Tissue Milieu in Active and Latent Myofascial Trigger Points in the Upper Trapezius Muscle in Individuals With and Without Neck Pain
For Condition: Neck Pain
Status: Recruiting
Sponsor(s): Warren G Magnuson Clinical Center (CC) ,
Synopsis: Many adults suffer from neck pain of muscle origin (myofascial pain). Treatment depends on accurate diagnosis, which is often difficult. This study proposes to enroll 30 adults (men and women, ages 21 to 65) in three groups: 1. Healthy people without neck pain who have no myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) in the upper trapezius muscle 2. Healthy people without neck pain who have latent MTrPs as identified by palpation (touching) in the upper trapezius muscle 3. Healthy people who have had neck pain for less than three months who have active MTrPs in the upper trapezius muscle The researchers have treated myofascial pain by inserting an acupuncture needle into the tender part of the upper trapezius muscle. They theorize that the treatment works by physically disrupting the integrity of dysfunctional motor endplates in the muscle. They have devised a hollow needle whose diameter is no larger than that of an acupuncture needle. In this study, they will use the needle to draw small amounts of fluid from the muscle. They will use electrodes to compare the muscle responses of the three groups. They will analyze the chemical contents of the withdrawn fluids, such as electrolytes, muscle metabolites, inflammatory mediators, neurotransmitters, cytokines, and arachidonic acid derivatives. These substances are believed to play a critical role in the biochemistry and pathophysiology of soft tissue pain. The primary goal of the study is to learn whether this technique can successfully sample these chemicals, and whether the differences in amounts of these chemicals among the three groups will allow the researchers to advance understanding of the nature, diagnosis and treatment of myofascial pain.
Details: The purpose of this study is to explore the use of a novel 'microdialysis/acupuncture' needle, designed, fabricated, and tested by the investigators, to determine if this device and technique can successfully sample the chemical milieu of the soft tissue. Specifically, it will be used to measure and compare the quantity of small substances (electrolytes, muscle metabolites, inflammatory mediators, neurotransmitters, cytokines, and arachidonic acid derivatives) in three groups of subjects using a standardized anatomical location (acupuncture point GB-21 -on the suprascapular region at the midpoint of the line connecting the tip of the spinous process of C7 and the acromion) of the upper trapezius muscle, an area that is recognized as the most common location of myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) in that muscle. These substances are believed to play a critical role in the biochemistry and pathophysiology of soft tissue pain. Subjects will be drawn from a range of ages and both sexes. The acupuncture point GB-21 is selected specifically to standardize the location of a sampling point in three carefully selected groups: 1) healthy subjects without neck pain who have no MTrPs identified by palpation bilaterally in GB-21 2) healthy subjects without neck pain in whom latent MTrPs are identified by palpation in GB-21 in one of the upper trapezius muscles (pathological process, with symptoms) 3) healthy subjects complaining of neck pain of less than 3 months duration with active MTrPs identified by palpation in GB-21 in one of the upper trapezius muscles. This is not a treatment study. Rather, the primary goal of this study is to learn whether this device and technique can successfully sample the chemical milieu in healthy subjects who 1) have pain and those who don't 2) have MTrPs and those who don't and 3) have active MTrPs versus those who have latent MTrPs.
Eligibility:
Study Type: Observational, Natural History
Minimum Age/Maximum Age: /
Genders: Both
Protocol Entry Criteria: INCLUSION CRITERIA: A total of 30 adults are expected to be accrued (approximately 50% female) ages 21-65, without pain and those with continuous idiopathic cervical pain of less than 3 months duration. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: Fibroymaylgia Cervical radiculopathy Atypical facial neuralgia History of previous trigger point injections in the upper trapezius muscle History of cervical spine or shoulder surgery History of bleeding diatheses Subjects on anticoagulation therapy If the subject has taken aspirin within 3 days of needling Tobacco smokers Other concurrent pain syndromes On any medications Subjects who have an inoordinate fear of needles HEENT infections Cancer
Total Enrollment: 30
Location and Contact Information:
Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center (CC) *Recruiting*
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
United States
Recruiting Patient and Public Liaison Office 1-800-411-1222
Additional Information:
Study ID Numbers: 020245; 02-CC-0245
Study Start Date: July 14, 2002
Record last reviewed: May 28, 2003
Additional information available at: clinicaltrials.gov
Clinicaltrials.gov Reference link: NCT00042276
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The Use of a Microdialysis/Acupuncture Needle to Assess the Local Tissue Milieu in Active and Latent Myofascial Trigger Points in the Upper Trapezius Muscle in Individuals With and Without Neck Pain
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