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Dry Needling in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

NCT02435966 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 131

Last updated 2015-09-07

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Summary

The investigators study the efficacy of a combination of dry needling plus manual therapy against sham dry needling plus manual therapy in the treatment of chronic neck pain. The investigators identify the most active trigger point in the upper trapezius and levator scapulae and administer two treatments, with an interval of 7 days, with a follow up 30 days after the first intervention. The primary outcome is the Visual Analogue Scale of Pain. Secondary outcomes ar pressure pain threshold, Neck Disability Index (NDI) questionnaire and range of motion.

Conditions

  • Neck Pain

Interventions

DEVICE

Dry needling

Dry needling of the most active trigger point either in the upper trapezius or the levator scapulae with 40mm x 0,32mm ener-qi guided needles (EQ1132)

DEVICE

Sham Dry needling

Sham Dry needling with a retractile needle (Park Sham Placebo Acupuncture Device) of the most active trigger point either in the upper trapezius or the levator scapulae

OTHER

Manual therapy

Standard manual therapy in the upper trapezius or the levator scapulae

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • European University of Madrid

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-05-31
Primary Completion
2014-06-30
Completion
2015-03-31

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