Effectiveness of Dry Needling Adding to Physical Therapy in Patients With Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain

NCT02927977 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: DRY01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 116
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this randomized clinical trial is to verify the effectiveness of the addition of the dry needling in individuals with non-specific neck pain who receive a multimodal physical therapy rehabilitation program.

Conditions

Neck Pain

Keywords

dry needling; exercise; manual therapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• pain intensity

  measured by 11-point numeric rating scale

  4 weeks after randomisation

• disability

  measured by neck disability index

  4 weeks after randomisation

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• pain intensity

  12, 24 weeks after randomisation

• disability

  12, 24 weeks after randomisation

• global perceived effect

  4,12, 24 weeks after randomisation

• quality of sleep

  4,12, 24 weeks after randomisation

• catastrophizing

  4,12, 24 weeks after randomisation

Study Arms (2)

Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Individuals with neck pain will receive a multimodal rehabilitation program composed by pain education, exercises and manual therapy. Participants will receive 4-6 treatments during 4 weeks.

Other: control

dry needling

EXPERIMENTAL

Individuals with neck pain will receive a multimodal rehabilitation program composed by pain education, exercises, manual therapy and dry needling in neck muscles. Participants will receive 4-6 treatments during 4 weeks. Participants will receive 4-6 treatments during 4 weeks.

Other: dry needling

Interventions

control OTHER

Individuals with neck pain will receive a multimodal rehabilitation program composed by pain education, exercises and manual therapy. Participants will receive 4-6 treatments during 4 weeks.

Also known as: active control

Control

dry needling OTHER

Individuals with neck pain will receive a multimodal rehabilitation program composed by pain education, exercises, manual therapy and dry needling in neck muscles. Participants will receive 4-6 treatments during 4 weeks.

dry needling

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• able to speaking and reading in Portuguese, severity of the symptoms at least 3 points on 0-10 numeric pain rating and at least 14% disability on Neck Disability Index.

You may not qualify if:

• history of whiplash associated injuries, fibromyalgia, cervical spine symptoms of radiculopathy or myelopathy, use of anticoagulant medication, pregnancy, history of spinal surgeries and "red flags" (spinal fracture, inflammatory diseases, tumor, fracture, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre: lead

Study Sites (1)

UFCSPA

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Neck Pain; Motor Activity

Interventions

Dry Needling

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Complementary Therapies; Therapeutics; Physical Therapy Modalities

Study Officials

• Fábio F Stieven, Master

  Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: MsC

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 5, 2016
• First Posted: October 7, 2016
• Study Start: December 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2017
• Study Completion: March 1, 2018
• Last Updated: November 14, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-11

Locations

BR (1)