NCT04417491

Patient Expectations and Dry Needling

Influence of Patient Expectations on Dry Needling Effects on Pain Outcomes in Mechanical Neck Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Months – 65 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Dry needling (DN) is a treatment technique used for treating musculoskeletal pain conditions. DN has shown to be effective on pain and function in patients with mechanical neck pain. Potential effects of DN can be related to several mechanisms, including physical, cognitive and emotional factors. This study will evaluate the role of the patient expectances related to the evolution (progress) of the condition, in this case, mechanical neck pain, in the effects of real or sham dry needling in sensitivity outcomes such as pain intensity or pressure pain sensitivity. Expectation of each patient in both groups will be considered positive, neutral or negative based on the outcomes of the Patient Shoulder Expectancies (PSOE) questionnaire which was adapted to the cervical spine.

Conditions

• Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Dry Needling	Real dry needling will be conducted according to the fast-in and fast-out principle. The intervention will be applied until a total of four local twitch responses will be elicited
DEVICE	Sham Needling	Sham dry needling with be conducted with a sham needle device. This needle has a blunt tip and retractable handle that created the illusion of a needle penetrating the skin. When this needle touches the skin, a pricking sensation will be created. However, when pressure will be increased, the shaft of the needle disappears into the handle creating a sensation on the patient

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-06-05
• Primary completion: 2020-11-02
• Completion: 2020-11-28
• First posted: 2020-06-04
• Last updated: 2020-12-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain