NCT04040218

Trigger Point Dry Needling Practice in Colorado: Practitioner and Patient

Harms Associated With Dry Needling Provided During Patient Care in Colorado by Physical Therapists

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 2,607 (actual)
• Sponsor: Regis University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A retrospective analysis of responses following a descriptive survey to investigate the benefits and harms associated with dry needling as provided by a physical therapists in CO

Detailed description

Two surveys were completed to identify the reported harms by physical therapists in the provision of dry needling in Colorado, and by patients who received dry needling from physical therapists in Colorado in April 2017. Retrospective analysis of the data (de-identified) was completed to provide a representative reporting on harms associated with the dry needling provided and received for patients.

Conditions

• Dry Needling
• Harm

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Dry Needling	Dry needling is utilized by multiple practitioners to address impairments in neuromusculoskeletal function, often related to pain and loss of mobility. Dry needling, according the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), is defined as 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

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-04-01
• Primary completion: 2017-04-30
• Completion: 2017-04-30
• First posted: 2019-07-31
• Last updated: 2019-07-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States