NCT03539588

Trigger Point Dry Needling vs Trigger Point Dry Needling With Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation

Trigger Point Dry Needling vs Trigger Point Dry Needling With Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation for the Treatment of Sub-acute and Chronic Low Back Pain in a Military Population: A Randomized Crossover Design

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: William Beaumont Army Medical Center · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

trigger point dry needling with intramuscular electrical stimulation vs trigger point dry needling

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate if trigger point dry needling with intramuscular electrical stimulation is more effective in decreasing pain and disability in individuals with sub-acute and chronic low back pain (LBP) than with trigger point dry needling alone. The investigators are using a within subjects randomized crossover study that will recruit 30 active duty military personnel or beneficiaries from William Beaumont Army Medical Center and all associated clinics. The investigators hypothesize that individuals with LBP will exhibit larger improvements in pain and disability when receiving trigger point dry needling with intramuscular electrical stimulation than when receiving trigger point dry needling alone.

Conditions

• Sub-acute and Chronic Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	trigger point dry needling	placement of the dry needle into the muscle tissue to elicit a local twitch response. Only MYOTECH dry needles and ESTIM II dual channel stimulator will be used in this study. However we are not studying the equipment.
DEVICE	Electrical Stimulation	uses the dry needles as nodes to stimulate muscular contraction. Only MYOTECH dry needles and ESTIM II dual channel stimulator will be used in this study. However we are not studying the equipment.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-04-12
• Primary completion: 2017-11-13
• Completion: 2017-11-13
• First posted: 2018-05-29
• Last updated: 2018-05-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States