NCT04148469

Dry Needling Effectiveness and Post-punction Pain

Benefits and Harms of Dry Needling vs Transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation and Dry Needling in Patients With Chronic Myofascial Neck Pain and Relationship With Psychological Influences

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 68 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this estudy was to dertermine if the application of Transcutaneous Nerve Stimiulation (TENS) current have an hypoalgesic effect on pattientes suffering from miofascial neck pain, compared with a only dry needling treatment. Psicological varaibles were also mesured in order to determine how they change after each treatment.

Detailed description

All patients suffered from mechanical neck pain and were randomized into three groups of treatment. A doible blinded control was carryed out. The main outcome messures were Visual Analogue Scale (VAS). The scondary outcome messures were Pressure Pain hreshold (PPT) and Active Range of Movement (ROM). Also psicologicla messures were taken, like Neck Dissability Index, Level of stress and ansiety, Fear Pain and Pain Avoidance Strategies.

Conditions

• Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Dry needling	Dry needlin is a manual therapy technique used for miofascuial pain syndrom treatment. The patient will be supine, in a confortable position. The therapist localizes the trapezius trigger point number 2 and then performes the needling until 2 REL are obtenined. The patient will remain supine during 15 minutes.
PROCEDURE	Transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation.	Transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation (TENS) is a current used for pain treatment. The needle will be used as the negative pole and a adhesive patch 2 centimeters lateral will be the positive pole. The frecuency selected will have 2 Hz with pulses of 120 microseconds. The currente will be applied for 15 minutes.
PROCEDURE	Placebo needling	No active technique is performed with the placebo needling. Patient will be supine and a placebo needle willb be performed. The patient will remain supine for 15 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-11-01
• Primary completion: 2013-06-12
• Completion: 2013-12-10
• First posted: 2019-11-01
• Last updated: 2019-11-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain