Effectiveness of Dry Needling of Active Trigger Points in Neck Muscles in Patients With Chronic Cervical Pain
NCT ID: NCT06257992
Last Updated: 2024-02-14
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Basic Information
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NOT_YET_RECRUITING
NA
52 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2024-02-29
2024-08-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Dry Needling Group
Dry Needling
3 treatments of dry needling to inactivate all active trigger points found in patient's cervical muscles.
Stretch Group
Stretch
3 treatments of stretch applied to all cervical muscles that present active trigger points in patient's cervical muscles.
Interventions
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Dry Needling
3 treatments of dry needling to inactivate all active trigger points found in patient's cervical muscles.
Stretch
3 treatments of stretch applied to all cervical muscles that present active trigger points in patient's cervical muscles.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Sign informed consent form prior to participating in this study
* Have chronic cervical pain diagnosis of their primary care doctor.
* Have one or more active myofascial trigger point in the cervical muscles according to the criteria established by Simons et al.
Exclusion Criteria
* Inflammatory, hormonal or neurological disorders
* Have contraindication to conservative or invasive physiotherapy (infection, fever, hypothyroidism, wound in the puncture area, metal allergies, cancer or systemic diseases, or belonephobia)
* Having received physiotherapy treatment for the condition in the past month
18 Years
80 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Universidad de Zaragoza
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Julian Müller-Thyssen Uriarte
Principal Investigator
Locations
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Centro Clínico de Fisioterapia OMT-E
Zaragoza, , Spain
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Jesús Marcen
Role: primary
Role: backup
References
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Cerezo-Tellez E, Torres-Lacomba M, Fuentes-Gallardo I, Perez-Munoz M, Mayoral-Del-Moral O, Lluch-Girbes E, Prieto-Valiente L, Falla D. Effectiveness of dry needling for chronic nonspecific neck pain: a randomized, single-blinded, clinical trial. Pain. 2016 Sep;157(9):1905-1917. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000591.
Fernandez-de-las-Penas C, Alonso-Blanco C, Miangolarra JC. Myofascial trigger points in subjects presenting with mechanical neck pain: a blinded, controlled study. Man Ther. 2007 Feb;12(1):29-33. doi: 10.1016/j.math.2006.02.002.
Navarro-Santana MJ, Sanchez-Infante J, Gomez-Chiguano GF, Cleland JA, Fernandez-de-Las-Penas C, Martin-Casas P, Plaza-Manzano G. Dry Needling Versus Trigger Point Injection for Neck Pain Symptoms Associated with Myofascial Trigger Points: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Pain Med. 2022 Mar 2;23(3):515-525. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnab188.
Ball AM, Finnegan M, Koppenhaver S, Freres W, Dommerholt J, Mayoral Del Moral O, Bron C, Moore R, Ball EE, Gaffney EE. The relative risk to the femoral nerve as a function of patient positioning: potential implications for trigger point dry needling of the iliacus muscle. J Man Manip Ther. 2019 Jul;27(3):162-171. doi: 10.1080/10669817.2019.1568699. Epub 2019 Feb 20.
Other Identifiers
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RAT 2022-53
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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