Dry Needling in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

131

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

May 31, 2013

Primary Completion Date

June 30, 2014

Study Completion Date

March 31, 2015

Conditions
Neck Pain
Interventions
DEVICE

Dry needling

Dry needling of the most active trigger point either in the upper trapezius or the levator scapulae with 40mm x 0,32mm ener-qi guided needles (EQ1132)

DEVICE

Sham Dry needling

Sham Dry needling with a retractile needle (Park Sham Placebo Acupuncture Device) of the most active trigger point either in the upper trapezius or the levator scapulae

OTHER

Manual therapy

Standard manual therapy in the upper trapezius or the levator scapulae

All Listed Sponsors
lead

European University of Madrid

OTHER

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