# The Natural History of Upper Trapezius Myofascial Trigger Points: Comparison of Local and Remote Tissue Milieu in Normal Muscle, Latent and Active Myofascial Trigger Points Over Time

> **NCT00042276** · — · COMPLETED · sponsor: **National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)** · enrollment: 88 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Neck Pain

## Interventions

_None listed._

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00042276
- **Lead sponsor:** National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
- **Sponsor class:** NIH
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2002-07-14
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** 2013-03-15
- **Target enrollment:** 88 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2017-10-06


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00042276

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00042276, "The Natural History of Upper Trapezius Myofascial Trigger Points: Comparison of Local and Remote Tissue Milieu in Normal Muscle, Latent and Active Myofascial Trigger Points Over Time". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00042276. Licensed CC0.

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