Comparative Impact of Integrated Neuromuscular Inhibition Technique, Dry Cupping and Dry Needling on Mechanical Neck Pain; A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Conditions studied: Mechanical Neck Pain, Dry Needling Technique, Dry Cupping Technique

In brief

This study ill include four treatment groups. Group A who will receive traditional physical therapy, group B who will receive INIT plus traditional physical therapy , group C who will receive dry cupping therapy plus traditional physical therapy or group D will receive Dry needling therapy plus traditional physical therapy . All groups completed 4 weeks of intervention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07711041

Run by

Beni-Suef University

People needed

80

Starts

2026-07-01

Expected to finish

2027-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 40. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Medically competent men and women will be included They had chronic MTrPs in the upper trapezius for more than 6 months Diagnostic criteria of being a tight band with a palpable nodule and distant pain when subjected to pressure

You may not qualify if…

• subjects with previous neck or shoulder pathology (e.g., fracture, sur¬gery, inflammatory and infectious diseases), cervical disc pathology, systemic disorder, fibromyalgia, those who underwent physical therapy for at least the previous 3 months

Where it is running

• Faculty of Physical Therapy — Giza, Egypt (enrolling)

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