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

Pain, Neck Clinical Trial

Official title:

Dry Needling and Pain Neuroscience Education in Chronic Pain Patients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03095365
• Other study ID #: 03/2017
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 14, 2017
• Last updated: September 5, 2017
• Start date: March 14, 2017
• Est. completion date: September 5, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: September 2017
• Source: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: September 5, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: September 1, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Neck Pain
• Pain, Neck

Intervention

Other:
• Dry needling
Insertion of solid filament needles in the muscle
• Pain neuroscience education
Explanation of the functioning of the central nervous system, the differences between acute pain and chronic pain and the importance of thoughts and beliefs in the processing and chronification of pain
• Conventional treatment
Electrotherapy: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and microwaves

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofia	San Sebastián de los Reyes	Madrid

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

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