NCT06394310

Dry Needling in Multiple Sclerosis

The Effectiveness of Dry Needling on Reducing Spasticity and Promoting Mobility and Balance in People With Multiple Sclerosis

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 24 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Kansas Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators are doing this study to see if a treatment called dry needling improves muscle spasticity (muscle tightness) in people who have Multiple Sclerosis. Dry needling involves using tiny needles, like those in acupuncture, to target some muscles, like calf muscles. It differs from traditional acupuncture as it focuses on treating or managing muscle spots, aiming to reduce muscle stiffness and pain. Dry needling may offer a minimally-invasive and medication-free approach to improve muscle spasticity. The investigators hope to see if dry needling also helps enhance balance and walking abilities. This might provide potential improvements inoverall mobility and balance.

Conditions

• Multiple Sclerosis
• Spasticity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Dry needling	The dry needling technique will employ in the current proposed study follows the standard technique for needling patients with spasticity
DEVICE	Sham dry needling	In the control group, The investigators will use the methods proposed by Cushman et al. to apply sham dry needling (DN) to our participants

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-01
• Primary completion: 2025-07-02
• Completion: 2025-08-01
• First posted: 2024-05-01
• Last updated: 2025-06-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States