Pain and Neck Dysfunction Following Dry Needling With and Without Intramuscular Electrical Stimulus.

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Neck Pain, Shoulder Pain, Myofascial Pain

In brief

Participants will be 18-59 years old who are recruited through a convenience sample from the UMHB/Belton community. There will be a randomized control trial consisting of three groups. Each participant will be assigned based on their order of entry to the study group assignment and then randomly organized via computer generation into 3 groups of 20 participants including a control group, a dry needling group (DN), and a dry needling E-stim group (DN-ES), resulting in approximately 60 total participants. Participants in the DN and DN-ES groups will be treated four times; at weeks 0, 2, 4 and 6 of the study. Data will be collected at weeks 4, 6 and 12 in all groups.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT04057781
Run by: University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
People needed: 23
Starts: 2019-09-01
Expected to finish: 2020-01-01
Last updated by the study team: 2020-11-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 59. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

18-59 years old
have an active email account
have at least one palpable active trigger point (TrP) (located in one or both upper trapezius)
English speaking

You may not qualify if…

current treatment or diagnosis related to cancer
active local or systemic infection
neurologic deficit
cognitive deficit
pregnancy
connective tissue disease and/or autoimmune disorder
tobacco use
received previous DN treatments within 6 weeks of the study,
experienced unilateral or bilateral neck/shoulder pain continuously for 3 months or longer
Neck Disability Index score < 6
Numerical Pain Rating Scale score < 3

Where it is running

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor — Belton, Texas, United States

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