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Dry Needling and Pain Education in the Treatment of Chronic Neck Pain

NCT03095365 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2017-09-08

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Summary

to compare the effects on pain, disability and psychological factors of the combination of MTrP dry needling and pain neuroscience education to MTrPs dry needing alone and control electrotherapy usual care in patients with chronic neck pain.

Conditions

  • Pain, Neck

Interventions

OTHER

Dry needling

Insertion of solid filament needles in the muscle

OTHER

Pain neuroscience education

Explanation of the functioning of the central nervous system, the differences between acute pain and chronic pain and the importance of thoughts and beliefs in the processing and chronification of pain

OTHER

Conventional treatment

Electrotherapy: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and microwaves

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Josue Fernandez-Carnero, PhD · Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

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
2017-03-14
Primary Completion
2017-09-01
Completion
2017-09-05

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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