Effects of Dry Needling With a Standard Exercise Programme on Pain and Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain
CompletedPhase 3NCT05220852
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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)
Abstract\\sBackground Physical therapists frequently utilize dry needling (DN), which focuses on trigger points and non-trigger point structures, to treat mechanical neck pain (MNP). It is an invasive procedure that involves inserting solid fiber needles into myofascial trigger points or hyperirritable nodules that are painful to the touch. This procedure can affect the motor and autonomic neurons and relieve pain. Objectives examining the short-term effects of dry needling in combination with a standardized exercise program on pain and quality of life in chronic mechanical neck pain Methods The allocation of 18 participants to the DN or Exercise intervention groups will be done at random. Before the exam, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Neck Disability Index (NDI), Short Form-36 Quality of Life Scale, and Numerical Rating Scale (NPS-11) will be evaluated. Analytical Statistics For the statistical analysis of the data, SPSS 23.0 will be employed. The "Kolmogorov-Smirnov test" will be used to determine whether the data are distributed normally. The effectiveness of each intervention will be determined using a paired t test, and between-group comparisons will be made using an independent t test. The distribution of categorical variables will be compared using a chi-square test. A 95% confidence interval and p0.05 will be used to determine significance. Key words: mechanical neck pain, dry needling, neck exercises, and quality of life.
Study details
- Official title
- Effects of Dry Needling With a Standard Exercise Programme on Pain and Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Combination product: Dry needling with exercise
- Other: Exercise
- Sponsor
- Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
- Start date
- 2022-02-06
- Primary completion
- 2022-06-15
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 60 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Saudi Arabia
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: -Participants who have been given a primary care doctor's or an orthopaedic consultant's medical diagnosis of chronic mechanical neck discomfort will be screened by the lead investigator. 2- Participants who were diagnosed with chronic neck discomfort that was brought on by neck movements, postures, and cervical palpation 3. Neck ache that has persisted for longer than a month. 4- Participants must not be receiving any treatment for their persistent neck discomfort at the time they are recruited for the study. Exclusion Criteria: \- Neurologic impairments are symptoms of radiculopathy, according to participants. * Medical diagnosis of cervical myelopathy or radiculopathy . Aversion to needles * A history of shoulder, whiplash, or cervical spine injuries that was reported. Any "red flags" (malignancy, inflammatory arthritis, fracture, osteoporosis, and others). patient with a congenital condition \- Any treatment that research participants may have been receiving at the time of recruitment.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05220852