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Pain and Neck Dysfunction Following Dry Needling With and Without Intramuscular Electrical Stimulus.

NCT04057781 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 23

Last updated 2020-11-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Participants will be 18-59 years old who are recruited through a convenience sample from the UMHB/Belton community. There will be a randomized control trial consisting of three groups. Each participant will be assigned based on their order of entry to the study group assignment and then randomly organized via computer generation into 3 groups of 20 participants including a control group, a dry needling group (DN), and a dry needling E-stim group (DN-ES), resulting in approximately 60 total participants. Participants in the DN and DN-ES groups will be treated four times; at weeks 0, 2, 4 and 6 of the study. Data will be collected at weeks 4, 6 and 12 in all groups.

Conditions

  • Neck Pain
  • Shoulder Pain
  • Myofascial Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Dry Needling (DN)

One to three filament needles (similar to an acupuncture needle) with no medication will be inserted into the trigger point(s) of the muscle. The needles will be repositioned a few times to make the muscle twitch (local twitch response). After several twitches occur, the researcher will leave the needles as they are, and the subject will lie on a treatment table without moving arms or head, for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes the needles are removed and discarded.

PROCEDURE

Dry needling with Intramuscular electrical stimulation (DNES)

One to three filament needles (similar to an acupuncture needle) with no medication will be inserted into the trigger point(s) of the muscle. The needles will be repositioned a few times to make the muscle twitch (local twitch response). After several twitches occur, the researcher will leave the needles as they are, and attach alligator clips to the needles to provide electrical stimulus for 10 minutes while the subject lies on a treatment table without moving arms or head. After 10 minutes, the electrical stimulus will be turned off and detached, and the needles removed and discarded.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
59 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-01
Primary Completion
2020-01-01
Completion
2020-01-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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