Trigger Point Injections Versus Lidocaine Patch for Myofascial Pain in the Emergency Department

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of this trial is to investigate the efficacy of trigger point injections with 1% lidocaine in reducing myofascial back and neck pain in the Emergency Department compared to lidocaine patches 5%.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of California, Irvine
• Treatments: Lidocaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18 years or older

• Diagnosed with myofascial pain of the posterior neck or back. *The diagnosis of myofascial pain was based on established criteria of having a palpable taut band (trigger point) that when depressed reproduced the patient's pain.

Exclusion Criteria:

• midline spinal tenderness

• evidence of radiculopathy

• pregnant

• have an allergy to lidocaine

• altered or deemed incapable of making informed consent

• had signs of infection or skin breakdown over the trigger point.