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Effectiveness of Dry Needling Shoulder Muscles on a Head Turning Task in Participants Aged 30-45 With Neck Pain

NCT05846022 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2024-10-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the immediate effects of stimulating shoulder muscles with an acupuncture needle (dry needling) on people from thirty to forty-five years old with recurrent neck pain. The main questions this trial aims to answer are does dry needling tight shoulder muscles have an effect on:

1. the ability to turn your head with speed and accuracy,
2. your neck mobility,
3. pain,
4. the tenderness in the muscles,
5. change in your everyday function.

Participants will be asked to undergo a dry needling intervention, then participants will be asked to complete measurements before and after the including a pain scale, neck mobility, a functional questionnaire, pressure sensitivity and movement time for a repetitive head turning task. Researchers will compare the dry needling to the sham needling to see if there is a change in the measurements pre- and post-intervention.

Conditions

  • Neck Pain
  • Psychomotor Disorders

Interventions

OTHER

Dry Needling

This dry needling study involves bilaterally insertion of a fine sterile needle into upper trapezius muscle fibers using a clean needling technique.

OTHER

Sham Needle

Shallow penetration of a solid monofilament needle into the skin alone with the "in and out" plunging movement of the needle simulated with the needle's guide tube.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Manitoba

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brian MacNeil, PhD · University of Manitoba

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-05-09
Primary Completion
2023-06-19
Completion
2023-06-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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