Dry Needling and Pain Education in the Treatment of Chronic Neck Pain

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pain, Neck
• Interventions: Other: Conventional treatment; Other: Dry needling; Other: Pain neuroscience education

• Registration Number: NCT03095365
• Lead Sponsor: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Brief Summary

to compare the effects on pain, disability and psychological factors of the combination of MTrP dry needling and pain neuroscience education to MTrPs dry needing alone and control electrotherapy usual care in patients with chronic neck pain.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-03-14
• Study First Submitted: 2017-03-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-03-28
• Study First Posted: 2017-03-29
• Status Verified: 2017-09
• Primary Completion: 2017-09-01
• Study Completion: 2017-09-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-09-05
• Last Update Posted: 2017-09-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Mechanical neck pain for at least 12 weeks
• 10% or higher on the Neck Disability Index questionnaire
• 20mm or higher on the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) of neck pain
• Presence of at least one active myofascial trigger point

Exclusion Criteria

• Neck pain associated with whiplash injuries
• Medical red flag history (i.e., tumour, fracture, metabolic diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis)
• Neck pain with cervical radiculopathy
• Neck pain associated with externalized cervical disc herniation
• Fibromyalgia syndrome
• Previous neck surgery
• Neck pain accompanied by vertigo caused by vertebrobasilar insufficiency or accompanied by non-cervicogenic headaches

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Conventional treatment	Conventional treatment	the participants received the conventional treatment for non-specific neck pain.
Dry needling	Dry needling	Received Dry needling in the neck muscles.
Dry needling and pain neuroscience education	Dry needling	Received the same treatment as dry needling group and pain education.
Dry needling and pain neuroscience education	Pain neuroscience education	Received the same treatment as dry needling group and pain education.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain using Visual Analogue Scale	3 months	Visual Analogue Scale: consists of a line of 100mm which represents the "no pain" on the left side of the same and the "worst pain imaginable" on the right side

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Medication intake	3 months	Medication use: number of pills
Catastrophizing using Pain Catastrophizing Scale	3 months	Pain Catastrophizing Scale: propensity to catastrophize about pain
Disability using Neck Disability Index	3 months	Neck disability index: patients ability to function in daily life activities.
Kinesiophobia using Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia	3 months	Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia: participants pain-related fear of movement and (re)injury
Pain anxiety using Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale	3 months	Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale: The anxiety behaviors associated with pain
Beck Depression Inventory-II	3 months	Self-report measure to assess the severity of depressive symptoms

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofia; 🇪🇸 San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain