Evaluation of Pain Quality in Young Swimmers Suffering From Myofascial Pain Syndrome Using Lidocaine Phonophoresis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Phase: NA
Conditions: Neck Pain
Sponsor: New Ismailia National University

 
Evaluation of Pain Quality in Young Swimmers Suffering from Myofascial 
Pain Syndrome Using Lidocaine Phonophoresis: A Pilot Study in Physical 
Therapy Rehabilitation Center in Egypt 
 
Brief description  
Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is characterized by pain and accompanying 
muscle spasm, referred pain patterns, stiffness, restricted range of motion caused by 
trigger points on constricted fibers of the skeletal muscles or fasciae. Myofascial 
pain syndrome is the most common reason of neck and shoulder pain.  
The main goal of MPS treatment is to break down the vicious circle of pain spasm 
and release of trigger points. Various physical therapy modalities such as trigger 
point injection, stretching-spray technique, heat packs, and transcautaneous 
electrical nerve stimulation are used for the treatment of MPS.  
Therapeutic ultrasound was developed and widely used in the daily practice of 
physical therapy and sport medicine for the treatment of a variety of acquired and 
traumatic conditions in overuse injuries. Phonophoresis is believed to accelerate 
functional recovery by decreasing pain and promoting healing and it has been used 
to administer various drugs mainly local anesthetics.  
Alyhough many different modalities are available to treat MPS especially 
therapeutic ultrasound and there was lack of research works that investigated the 
effect of phonophoresis with local anesthetics on myofascial trigger points, so it was 
of value to compare between the effect of lidocaine phonophoresis and pulsed 
ultrasound on MPS in treatment of neck pain in youth swimmers using Pain Quality  
Assessment Scale as a tool of pain quality evaluation.  
 
Corresponding author  
Mohamed Abdel-Moneim Abo-EL-Roos  
Email address: mohamed.aboelros@pt,.ninu.edu.eg 
 
Data Analysis and Statistical design : 
 
The data will be collected before and after three months of treatment for three 
groups. 
 
The collected data will be analyzed by two types of statistics as follows: 
a) Descriptive statistics: The means and standard deviations. 
b) Inferential statistics: By using ANOVA test