Trigger Point Dry Needling vs Trigger Point Dry Needling With Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation
CompletedNot applicableNCT03539588
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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)
trigger point dry needling with intramuscular electrical stimulation vs trigger point dry needling
Study details
- Official title
- Trigger Point Dry Needling vs Trigger Point Dry Needling With Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation for the Treatment of Sub-acute and Chronic Low Back Pain in a Military Population: A Randomized Crossover Design
- Conditions
- Sub-acute and Chronic Low Back Pain
- Interventions
- Device: trigger point dry needling
- Device: Electrical Stimulation
- Sponsor
- William Beaumont Army Medical Center
- Start date
- 2017-04-12
- Primary completion
- 2017-11-13
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Currently experience low back pain for greater than 4 weeks (Low back pain defined as pain below the T12th vertebrae with or without radiation) Military or DOD Beneficiary (any branch; 18-65 years of age) Exclusion Criteria: * Structural Deformity (ankylosing Spondylitis, Scoliosis) * Has any other Orthopedic condition that may keep subject from performing Low - Back Exercises * Tumors * Spinal infection or local infection * Pregnancy-All female subjects will be given either a blood serum or urine pregnancy test. * Spinal cord compression or Cauda Equina Syndrome * Subject with the inability to keep appointments * Has History of prior surgery * Has received Dry Needling or Acupuncture in the last 6 months * History of bleeding disorders * High anti-coagulant use * History of immune suppression
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03539588