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Study Evaluating the Benefit of Dry Needling for Patients With Neck Pain

NCT01301170 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 66

Last updated 2011-02-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether individuals with neck pain will respond favorably to a program of manual therapy, directed at the cervical and thoracic spine (including thrust manipulation), and exercise, in combination with dry needling, as compared to manual therapy, directed to the cervical and thoracic spine (including thrust manipulation), and an exercise program alone.

Conditions

  • Neck Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

dry needling

The needling will take place bilaterally at both the suboccipital region and the paravertebral muscles between C4 and T4. The needling will take place with the patient in the prone position. Following all needle placement, they will rotated clockwise till the point that tension on the needle is felt by the therapist. This will create more tension between the needle and tissue fibers, after which the needles were removed.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Integrated Therapy Practice PC

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rob Sillevis, PT,DPT,PhD · adjunct faculty University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-02-28
Primary Completion
2011-11-30
Completion
2012-03-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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