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Administrative data

NCT number NCT06108180
Other study ID # RAT 2023-195
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date October 23, 2023
Est. completion date December 5, 2023

Study information

Verified date May 2024
Source Universidad de Zaragoza
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Randomized Single-Blind Clinical Trial in which the treatment will be administered through 3 sessions of dry needling in the cervical, cranial, and facial musculature in patients with frequent and chronic tension-type headache.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 32
Est. completion date December 5, 2023
Est. primary completion date November 17, 2023
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Patients with a diagnosis of tension headache according to IHS Exclusion Criteria: - Documented major trauma through medical history in the cervical area and/or recent surgery. - Pregnancy. - Generalized pain. - Inflammatory, hormonal, or neurological disorders. - Tendon disorders in the upper extremities. - Severe psychiatric illnesses. - Inability to complete the form in Spanish. - Having a pacemaker (due to the use of equipment with magnetic sensors). - Specific contraindications to invasive or conservative physiotherapy (infection, fever, hypothyroidism, wounds in the puncture area, metal allergies, cancer, systemic diseases, or belonephobia). - Having received physiotherapy treatment for the condition in the past month.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Dry Needling
3 treatment to eliminate active trigger points that patients have

Locations

Country Name City State
Spain Centro Clínico de Fisioterapia OMT-E Zaragoza

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Universidad de Zaragoza

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

References & Publications (4)

Cerezo-Tellez E, Torres-Lacomba M, Fuentes-Gallardo I, Perez-Munoz M, Mayoral-Del-Moral O, Lluch-Girbes E, Prieto-Valiente L, Falla D. Effectiveness of dry needling for chronic nonspecific neck pain: a randomized, single-blinded, clinical trial. Pain. 2016 Sep;157(9):1905-1917. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000591. — View Citation

Fernandez-de-Las-Penas C, Ge HY, Arendt-Nielsen L, Cuadrado ML, Pareja JA. The local and referred pain from myofascial trigger points in the temporalis muscle contributes to pain profile in chronic tension-type headache. Clin J Pain. 2007 Nov-Dec;23(9):786-92. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e318153496a. — View Citation

Ferrante T, Manzoni GC, Russo M, Camarda C, Taga A, Veronesi L, Pasquarella C, Sansebastiano G, Torelli P. Prevalence of tension-type headache in adult general population: the PACE study and review of the literature. Neurol Sci. 2013 May;34 Suppl 1:S137-8. doi: 10.1007/s10072-013-1370-4. — View Citation

Stephens LR, Humphrey JD, Little PB, Barnum DA. Morphological, biochemical, antigenic, and cytochemical relationships among Haemophilus somnus, Haemophilus agni, Haemophilus haemoglobinophilus, Histophilus ovis, and Actinobacillus seminis. J Clin Microbiol. 1983 May;17(5):728-37. doi: 10.1128/jcm.17.5.728-737.1983. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Active trigger points The investigators assess the sensitivity of trigger points using algometry to determine which points reproduce the participants tensional-type headache. 1 month
Secondary cervical ROM general cervical range of movement, upper and lower cervical 1 month
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