Eligibility Module

Eligibility Module

The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.

Eligibility Module path is as follows:

Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module

Eligibility Module


Ignite Creation Date: 2025-12-25 @ 4:27 AM
Ignite Modification Date: 2025-12-25 @ 4:27 AM
NCT ID: NCT02179320
Eligibility Criteria: Inclusion Criteria: * Assymetric shoulder pain (VAS on painful side : VAS on non painful side \> 2:1) * Pain due to unilateral Myofascial Pain Syndrome of the trapezius muscle. * Chronic pain, with duration of at least 3 months and VAS \> 40/100 * Patients with pain at least 4 days in a week * Patients without neurological pain, as in DN4 score less than 4 * Age over 18 years * Patients with stable drug treatment over at least 15 days, without any acute pharmacological changes during the study * Patients who read, understood and signed the Free and Clarified Consent Term Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with major depression, according to DSM-IV criteria * History of bipolar mood disorder, panic syndrome or psychosis * Intermittent pain history * Refusal to sing the Consent Term * Patients not able to attend all the follow-ups * Patients with another pain syndrome in shoulders
Healthy Volunteers: False
Sex: ALL
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 80 Years
Study: NCT02179320
Study Brief:
Protocol Section: NCT02179320