Dry Needling in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT02435966
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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 investigators study the efficacy of a combination of dry needling plus manual therapy against sham dry needling plus manual therapy in the treatment of chronic neck pain. The investigators identify the most active trigger point in the upper trapezius and levator scapulae and administer two treatments, with an interval of 7 days, with a follow up 30 days after the first intervention. The primary outcome is the Visual Analogue Scale of Pain. Secondary outcomes ar pressure pain threshold, Neck Disability Index (NDI) questionnaire and range of motion.
Study details
- Official title
- Effectiveness of Dry Needling on the Upper Trapezius and the Levator Scapulae in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain: Randomized Clinical Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Device: Dry needling
- Device: Sham Dry needling
- Other: Manual therapy
- Sponsor
- European University of Madrid
- Start date
- 2013-05
- Primary completion
- 2014-06
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 55 Years
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Total sites listed
- 0
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion criteria * Neck pain for at least three months (or more) * An active trigger point in either the upper trapezius or the levator scapulae Exclusion criteria * Treatment for neck pain within the previous six months * Neck Whiplash * Fibromyalgia * Infection in the area under treatment * Pharmacological treatment with anti-coagulants * Fear to needles * Degenerative conditions * Pregnancy
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02435966