Trigger Point Incidence After Lumbar Di… | Clinical Trial

Key information

Conditions

Trigger Point Pain, Myofascial Muscular Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Myofascial Pain Syndromes

Age range

30 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa

Istanbul, 34740, Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

The 110 participants between 30-70 years are chosen from patients who had lumbar disc herniation surgery. The trigger points are determined by manually palpating quadratus lumborum, iliocostalis lumborum, gluteus Maximus, gluteus minimus, gluteus medius, ve piriformis muscles before and after surgery. Data will be recorded on the patient assessment file and transferred to the computer and analyzed. Data analysis will be performed with SPSS.20.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

To be between 30-70 years
To have low back pain during minimum 6 weeks
To be voluntary participation for this study
To approve the informed consent form
To have the trigger point causing low back pain on muscles including quadratus lumborum, iliocostalis lumborum, gluteus maximus, gluteus minimus, gluteus medius, ve piriformis muscles.

Exclusion criteria

To be diagnosed with spinal stenosis or spondylolisthesis
To have any skin problem affecting lower extremity evaluation
To have tumor on spinal region
To have rheumatological or any systemic problem that may interfere with trigger point diagnose

Treatment and study plan

Manual palpation for incidence determination

Diagnostic Test

The patients are positioned in a sitting and prone lying posture. Trigger points are discrete, local, hypersensitive spots located in a taut band of muscles. Palpation of the trigger point will cause elicitation pain over the affected area and radiation of pain toward a zone of reference and a local twitch response.

Primary outcomes

Manual Palpation

Time frame: Change from baseline (preoperative state) to postoperative first and third day

The patients are positioned in a sitting and prone lying posture.Trigger points are discrete, local, hypersensitive spots located in a taut band of muscles. Palpation of the trigger point will cause elicitation pain over the affected area and radiation of pain toward a zone of reference and a local twitch response.
Visual Analog Scale

Time frame: Change from baseline (preoperative state) to postoperative first and third day

Pain will be assessed with Visual Analog Scale (VAS).The VAS is usually a horizontal line, 10 cm in length, anchored by word descriptors at each end with "No Pain" (score of zero) on the left side up to "pain as bad as it could be" or the "worst imaginable pain" (Score of 100 [100-mm scale]) on the right side.The patient was asked to mark the line point that represented his or her current pain.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa

Other

Collaborators

Bahçeşehir University

Registry information

Official study title

The Determination of the Trigger Point Incidence After Lumbar Disc Herniation Surgery

Important dates

Study start: 2020
Primary completion: 2021
Study completion: 2021
First posted: Oct 23, 2019
Registry last updated: Aug 25, 2021

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