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Muscle Activity and Kinematic Changes With Dry Needling

NCT04295200 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2021-08-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study assesses the effects of dry needling with electrical stimulation to the low back on muscle activity and changes in movement. The investigators hypothesize that dry needling and electrical stimulation will elicit changes in muscle activity as well as changes in movement.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

OTHER

Dry needling with electrical stimulation

Paravertebral dry needling to L3, 4, 5 multifidi. Electrical stimulation will be applied through the needles for up to 10 minutes total or to the participant's tolerance.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • April J Brown, DPT · LSU Health Science Center Shreveport

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-12-16
Primary Completion
2021-06-16
Completion
2021-06-16

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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