Assessment of Effectiveness of Dry Needling for Treating Shoulder Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT05137106
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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 the study is to evaluate the effects of active dry needling (aDN) in the treatment of myofascial trigger points of the infraspinatus muscle (MTP). For this purpose, this technique was compared to placebo dry needling (pDN) for short-term pain relief and increased glenohumeral internal rotation range. The second objective is to explore whether improvements in perceived pain and functional capacity correlate with changes in electromyographic activity.
Study details
- Official title
- Assessment of Effectiveness of Dry Needling for Treating Shoulder Pain: a Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Active Dry Needling
- Other: Sham Dry needling
- Sponsor
- University of Gran Rosario
- Start date
- 2018-10-01
- Primary completion
- 2021-03-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 35 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Argentina
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Subjects with unilateral shoulder pain * Glenohumeral internal rotation deficit * Presence of active myofascial trigger point in the infraspinatus muscle Exclusion Criteria: * Previous surgery in the upper limb * Previous physiotherapy treatments in the shoulder * Dry needling contraindications * Previous dry needling experience to mantain the blinding
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05137106