The Effect of Dry Needling and Prolotherapy on Pain, Function, and Quality of Life in Patients With Cervical Radiculopathy.
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Sponsor
- Superior University
- Enrollment
- 40
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Neck Disability Index
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Cervical radiculopathy is characterized by neurological dysfunction caused by compression and inflammation of the spinal nerves or nerve roots of the cervical spine. Rolotherapy is a regenerative therapeutic method that consists of injecting irritant solutions into the injured areas.
Detailed Description
Hyperosmolar dextrose is the most common agent. Administering proliferant substances can accelerate the tissue healing process by inducing cellular rupture and inflammatory response, leading to collagen deposition, cellular growth factor production, and regeneration. Dry needling used to relieve trigger point release in deep and superficial muscles. Both treatment interventions will apply to cervical radiculopathy patients to measure the effectiveness of treatment.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 20 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Age group between 20-50 years
- •Both male and female
- •Unilateral pain starting in the cervical spine and radiating to the upper limb.
- •Pain aggravated by upper limb movement
- •Restricted range of motion of arm
Exclusion Criteria
- •History of Spinal infection
- •Spinal Cord Injury
- •History of Vertebral tumor and factures
- •History of cervical or intracranial surgery
- •History of Radiating pain to bilateral upper limb.
Arms & Interventions
conventional treatment with Prolotherapy
Intervention: conventional treatment with Prolotherapy (Diagnostic Test)
Dry Needling and conventional treatment
Intervention: Dry Needling and conventional treatment (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Neck Disability Index
Time Frame: 12 Months
The NDI has become a standard instrument for measuring self-rated disability due to neck pain and is used by both clinicians and researchers. Each of the 10 items scores from 0 to 5. The maximum score is 50. The obtained score can be multiplied by two to produce a percentage score
WHO Quality of Life
Time Frame: 12 months
The QOLS is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring quality of life from the perspective of the patient. It focuses on domains that come from the qualitative descriptions of a wide range of adults across gender, cultural and language groups.Each individual item of the WHOQOL-BREF is scored from 1 to 5 on a response scale, which is stipulated as a five-point ordinal scale. The scores are then transformed linearly to a 0-100-scale (16, 17). The physical health domain includes items on mobility, daily activities, functional capacity, energy, pain, and sleep
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Muhammad Naveed Babur
Principal Investigator
Superior University