Efficacy of Adding Dry Needling to a Manual Therapy and Therapeutic Exercise Interventions for Managing Neck Pain Populations: A Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 40
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Visual Analogue Scale
研究概览
简要总结
Since neck pain is the fourth highest disabling condition (with an estimated point prevalence of 20%, lifetime prevalence up to 70% and high recurrence rates), dry needling targeting myofascial trigger points in neck muscles has been proposed as an effective treatment for reducing pain and disability in patients with chronic neck pain.
A recent meta-analysis reported whether dry needling could be recommended for this population. Low to moderate evidence suggests that dry needling can be effective at the short-term, but its effects on pressure pain sensitivity or cervical range of motion are limited.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •To be between 18 and 65 years old
- •To have been experiencing unilateral neck pain for at least 3 months
- •To have a Neck Disability Index (NDI) score >8
- •To have a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score >3
- •To have at least one active MTrP located in the upper trapezius or cervical multifidus muscles
排除标准
- •History of whiplash injury
- •Previous cervical surgery
- •Cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy
- •Diagnosis of fibromyalgia
- •Additional analgesic treatments during the study (e.g. physiotherapy or drugs)
- •Psychiatric disorders
- •Any contraindication to the interventions proposed (e.g. fear of needles or anticoagulants)
结局指标
主要结局
Visual Analogue Scale
时间窗: Twelve months follow-up
A 100mm visual analogue scale will be used. The patient will indicate the level of pain intensity from 0 (no pain) to 10 (the worst pain imaginable)
次要结局
- Pittsburg Sleeping Quality Index(Twelve months follow-up)
- Neck Disability Index(Twelve months follow-up)
- Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale(Twelve months follow-up)
- Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia(Twelve months follow-up)
研究者
José Manuel Pérez Ortiz
Vice-dean of research
Camilo Jose Cela University