Effects of Dry Needling Technique in Hip Muscles in Subjects With Grade I-III Hip Osteoarthritis

NCT ID: NCT03202056

Last Updated: 2018-10-15

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 45 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-01-01
• Study Completion Date: 2019-01-31

Brief Summary

Dry needling is a new treatment technique, addressed to mechanical pain of the neuromusculoskeletal system. Recent investigations has developed new hypothesis about the etiology of the osteoarthritis and could be in relation to musculoskeletal disorders, but there is no published studies evaluating the results of this technique in hip osteoarthritis patients.

The objective of this trial is to evaluate if dry needling is more effective in symptoms, function, range of motion, strength, muscular length, pain threshold and compared to sham dry needling and control.

For this purpose the investigators conduct a randomized controlled trial double-blind (patient and examiner). The investigators included patients diagnosed of hip osteoarthritis Grade I-III by Scale of Kellgren and Lawrence.

Patients included are randomized into 3 groups one receive Dry needling, other sham dry needling and the other is a control. Groups receive 3 treatment sessions.

The variables are measured at the beginning and end of treatment. And also some variables are measured before and after each session. Patients who participated in sham dry needling or control group, when the intervention finish the investigators will be given the opportunity to receive the actual technique.

Conditions

Hip Osteoarthritis

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Dry needling

Dry needling technique in each active myofascial trigger point once per week for 3 weeks.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Dry needling

Intervention Type: OTHER

Dry needling is a skilled intervention that uses a thin filiform needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate underlying myofascial trigger points, muscular, and connective tissues for the management of neuromusculoskeletal pain and movement impairments.

Sham Dry needling

Sham Dry needling technique in each active myofascial trigger point once per week for 3 weeks.

Group Type: SHAM_COMPARATOR

Sham Dry needling

Intervention Type: OTHER

Sham Dry needling use a non-penetrating acupuncture needle

Control

Control group. No intervention.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Dry needling

Dry needling is a skilled intervention that uses a thin filiform needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate underlying myofascial trigger points, muscular, and connective tissues for the management of neuromusculoskeletal pain and movement impairments.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Sham Dry needling

Sham Dry needling use a non-penetrating acupuncture needle

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Diagnosed medically with a X-Ray test
• American College of Rheumatology Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

• Secondary osteoarthritis by a traumatism, Paget disease, inflammatory or metabolic disease, congenital diseases etc.
• Vascular or neurological disease.
• Musculoskeletal pathologies in lumbar spine, pelvis or lower limbs
• Grade IV in Kellgren and Laurence Scale
• Fear of needles

• Minimum Eligible Age: 50 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 70 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Universidad de Zaragoza

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Luis Ceballos Laita

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Luis Ceballos Laita

Zaragoza, , Spain

Countries

Spain

References

Ceballos-Laita L, Jimenez-Del-Barrio S, Marin-Zurdo J, Moreno-Calvo A, Marin-Bone J, Albarova-Corral MI, Estebanez-de-Miguel E. Effects of dry needling in HIP muscles in patients with HIP osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled trial. Musculoskelet Sci Pract. 2019 Oct;43:76-82. doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2019.07.006. Epub 2019 Jul 24.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 31352178 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

C.I.PI17/0182

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id