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The investigators are doing this study to see if a treatment called dry needling improves muscle spasticity (muscle tightness) in people who have Multiple Sclerosis. Dry needling involves using tiny needles, like those in acupuncture, to target some muscles, like calf muscles. It differs from traditional acupuncture as it focuses on treating or managing muscle spots, aiming to reduce muscle stiffness and pain. Dry needling may offer a minimally-invasive and medication-free approach to improve muscle spasticity. The investigators hope to see if dry needling also helps enhance balance and walking abilities. This might provide potential improvements inoverall mobility and balance.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Dry needling | Experimental | Participants will complete three sessions of dry needling through three weeks (one session per each week) |
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| Sham DN | Sham Comparator | Participants randomized to the control group will be receiving sham needling |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Dry needling | Device | The dry needling technique will employ in the current proposed study follows the standard technique for needling patients with spasticity |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Spasticity | Spasticity will be assessed through the Modified Ashworth scale (Scored between 0 to 4, with higher scores show higher level of spasticity) | 5 weeks |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Abbas TABATABAEI, PhD | Contact | 913-588-3715 | stabatabaeihalavi@kumc.edu |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Mobility and Falls Lab | Recruiting | Kansas City | Kansas | 66103 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D009103 | Multiple Sclerosis |
| D009128 | Muscle Spasticity |
| ID | Term |
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| D020278 | Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS |
| D020274 | Autoimmune Diseases of the Nervous System |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D003711 | Demyelinating Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000079245 | Dry Needling |
| ID | Term |
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| D000529 | Complementary Therapies |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
| D026741 | Physical Therapy Modalities |
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| Sham dry needling | Device | In the control group, The investigators will use the methods proposed by Cushman et al. to apply sham dry needling (DN) to our participants |
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| D001327 | Autoimmune Diseases |
| D007154 | Immune System Diseases |
| D009135 | Muscular Diseases |
| D009140 | Musculoskeletal Diseases |
| D009122 | Muscle Hypertonia |
| D020879 | Neuromuscular Manifestations |
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |