Immediate Effects of Dry Needling and Tens in Chronic Neck Pain
CompletedPhase 2NCT02230709
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The aim of this study is to determinate the effects of percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in the short-term for pain in patients with myofascial chronic neck pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Immediate Effects Of Dry Needling Versus Dry Needling And Tens On Pain In Patients With Chronic Miofascial Neck Pain
- Conditions
- Myofascial Neck Pain
- Interventions
- Other: Dry Needling
- Other: "TENS" and "dry needling"
- Sponsor
- Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
- Start date
- 2012-11
- Primary completion
- 2012-11
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 48 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Spain
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Neck pain for more than six months of evolution. * Active Myofascial Trigger Point number 2 on Trapezius muscle. * Score of more than 2 points in a Visual Analog Scale. Exclusion Criteria: * Neck pain specific. * Radiculopathies. * Whiplash. * Dizziness and migraines * Cervical surgical intervention * Previous treatment of Dry Needling
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02230709