Status:

COMPLETED

Patient Expectations and Dry Needling

Lead Sponsor:

Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Conditions:

Neck Pain

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Dry needling (DN) is a treatment technique used for treating musculoskeletal pain conditions. DN has shown to be effective on pain and function in patients with mechanical neck pain. Potential effects...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Non-specific mechanical neck pain of at least 3 months of duration
  • At least one active trigger point in the upper trapezius muscle which referred pain reproduces the neck pain symptoms

Exclusion

  • whiplash injury;
  • previous cervical or thoracic surgery;
  • cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy;
  • diagnosis of fibromyalgia syndrome;
  • having undergone physical therapy in the previous 6 months;
  • fear to needles

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 5 2020

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 28 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

50 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04417491

Start Date

June 5 2020

End Date

November 28 2020

Last Update

December 1 2020

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César Fernández-de-las-Peñas

Alcorcón, Rest of the World, Spain, 28922