Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Versus Dry Needling in Non Specific Chronic Neck Pain
Not yet recruitingNot applicableNCT06891963
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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)
This study aims to compare between the effectiveness of Acupuncture-Like Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (Acupuncture-like TENS) and dry needling on pain intensity, Pressure pain threshold (PPT) of upper trapezius myofascial trigger points, neck range of motion, and neck function in patients with non specific chronic neck pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Versus Dry Needling in Non Specific Chronic Neck Pain
- Conditions
- Non Specific Chronic Neck Pain
- Interventions
- Other: Acupuncture-like TENS
- Other: Dry needling
- Other: Conventional treatment
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
- Start date
- 2025-03-25
- Primary completion
- 2025-05-25
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 20 Years to 40 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Egypt
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: Having at least 1 active trigger point in upper trapezius muscles will use a recommended diagnostic criterion to find active MTrPs which is: * The presence of a palpable taut band in the skeletal muscle. * The presence of a hypersensitive spot in the taut band. * Local twitch response provoked by snapping palpation. * Production of a typical referred pain pattern in response to the compression of tender spots. * Spontaneous presence of the typical referred pain pattern. * Duration of symptoms of acute stage (2-4) weeks. * Age between (20-40) years. * Having a normal neurological examination result . Exclusion Criteria: * Existence of cervical disc hernia, advanced cervical osteoarthritis, radiculopathy, or myelopathy. * Having trigger point injection or physical therapy in the last 6 months. * Having a rheumatologic disease, such as fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, or a hormonal disease, such as hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism or hyperparathyroidism. * Existence of kyphosis, scoliosis, forward head posture or cervicogenic headache. * History of spine surgery. * Having a cardiovascular problem.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06891963