Chronic Shoulder Pain Treated by Pressures With the Thumb... | NCT00679887

Studies
Chronic Shoulder Pain Treated by Pressures With the Thumbs on the Trigger Points

NCT00679887

Sponsor

Guy Hains Chiropractor

Status

Completed

Last Update Posted

May 19, 2008Estimated

Enrollment

59Actual

Phase

Phase 1Phase 2

Conditions

Shoulder Pain

Interventions

ischemic compression

Countries

Canada

Protocol Section

Identification Module Status Module Sponsor/Collaborators Module Oversight Module Description Module Conditions Module Design Module Arms/Interventions Module Outcomes Module Eligibility Module Contacts/Locations Module References Module IPD Sharing Statement Module

Results Section

Participant Flow Module Baseline Characteristics Module Outcome Measures Module Adverse Events Module More Info Module

Annotation Section

Annotation Module

Document Section

Large Document Module

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module Condition Browse Module Intervention Browse Module

Protocol Section

Identification Module

NCT ID

Results Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Annotation Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Document Section

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module

Version Holder

Status Module

Record Verification Date

May 2008

Overall Recruitment Status or Expanded Access Status

Completed

Last Known Status

Not provided

Delayed Posting

Not provided

Why Stopped

Not provided

Expanded Access Info

Start Date

Sep 2003

Primary Completion Date

Dec 2006Actual

Completion Date

Dec 2006Actual

First Submitted Date

May 15, 2008

First Submission Date that Met QC Criteria

May 16, 2008

First Posted Date

May 19, 2008Estimated

Results Waived

Not provided

Results First Submitted Date

Not provided

Results First Submitted that Met QC Criteria

Not provided

Results First Posted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension (aka Delayed Results) First Submitted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Submitted that Passed QC Review

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Posted Date

Not provided

Last Update Submitted Date

May 16, 2008

Last Update Posted Date

May 19, 2008Estimated

Oversight Module

Has Data Monitoring Committee (DMC)

Yes

Is FDA Regulated Drug

Not provided

Is FDA Regulated Device

Not provided

Is Unapproved Device

Not provided

Pediatric Postmarket Surveillance of a Device Product

Not provided

Product Exported from US

Not provided

FDAAA801 Violation

Not provided

Description Module

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to find the efficacy of treating the trigger points located around the shoulder in patients suffering from chronic shoulder pain.

Detailed Description

Chronic shoulder pain is a common condition which should be treated by surgery only wen conservative approaches have been tried. in the present trial the authors intend to find the effectiveness of treating the triggers points located in muscles, ligaments and tendons surrounding the shoulderin patients suffering from chronic shoulder pain.

The technique used in this trial is ischemic compression(thumb tip pressure) on the trigger points

Design Module

Study Type

Interventional

Number of References to an Expanded Access Study

Not provided

Expanded Access Types

Not provided

Patient Registry

Not provided

Target Follow-Up Duration

Not provided

Phases

Phase 1Phase 2

Interventional Study Design

Allocation

Biospecimen

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Enrollment

59Actual

Arms/Interventions Module

Arm Groups

Label	Type	Description	Intervention Names
A	Experimental	Ischemic compression on trigger points located around the shoulder. Active comparator. Ischemic compression, 5 weeks	Procedure: ischemic compression

Interventions

Name	Type	Description	Arm Group Labels	Other Names
ischemic compression	Procedure	Active Comparator, ischemic compression, 3 times a week,5 weeks	A

Outcomes Module

Primary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Shoulder Pain and Disability Index questionnaire		At baseline, after 15 treatments ,30 days aftr the treatments and 6 months later

Secondary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Pain visual analog scale		After 15 treatments, 30 days after the treatments and 6 months later.

Other Outcomes

Not provided

Eligibility Module

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

30 to 60 years old.
To have suffered from shoulder pain on a daly basis for at least 3 months
Participants had to be able to raise the arm above ther head.
They had accept to receive 15 chiropractic treatments without charge.

Exclusion Criteria:

Past surgery to the arm.
Injection to the shoulder in the month preceding the trial.
A diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis or any other systemic disorders affecting the joints.
Shoulder pain from an herniated disc.

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Sex

All

Sex/Gender Based

Not provided

Sex/Gender Description

Not provided

Minimum Age

30 Years

Maximum Age

60 Years

Standard Ages

Adult

Study Population

Not provided

Sampling Method

Not provided

Contacts/Locations Module

Central Contacts

Not provided

Overall Officials

Name	Affiliation	Role
Guy Hains, DC	UQTR	Principal Investigator
Martin Descarreaux, DC, PHD	UQTR	Study Chair

Locations

Facility	Status	City	State	ZIP	Country	Contacts
2930 Cote Richelieu		Trois-Rivières	Quebec	G8Z3Y8	Canada

Condition Browse Module

MeSH Terms

ID	Term
D020069	Shoulder Pain

Ancestor Terms

ID	Term
D018771	Arthralgia
D007592	Joint Diseases
D009140	Musculoskeletal Diseases
D010146	Pain

Browse Leaves

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Browse Branches

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Intervention Browse Module

MeSH Terms

ID	Term
D019050	Acupressure

Ancestor Terms

ID	Term
D064746	Therapy, Soft Tissue
D026201	Musculoskeletal Manipulations
D000529	Complementary Therapies
D013812	Therapeutics

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