Clinical Trial: Trigger Point Incidence After Lumbar Disc Herniation Surgery

U.S., Nov. 18 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT04136197) titled 'Trigger Point Incidence After Lumbar Disc Herniation Surgery' on Oct. 21.

Brief Summary: Our purpose is to determine the incidence of trigger points in patients who remain in a fixed position for a long time during lumbar disc herniation surgery.

Study Type: Observational

Condition: Trigger Point Pain, Myofascial

Intervention: Diagnostic Test: Manual palpation for incidence determination

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 r...