Blind Needling Accuracy in Lumbar Muscles

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Enrollment

20

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 28, 2025

Primary Completion Date

September 30, 2025

Study Completion Date

September 30, 2025

Conditions
Dry Needling Lumbar Paraspinal Muscles
Interventions
PROCEDURE

"Anatomical Accuracy of Blind Dry Needling Procedures on the Lumbar Paraspinal Muscles: An Ultrasonography-Assisted Observational Study"

"* All interventions will be performed by a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist with clinical experience.~* Targeted muscles:~* \*Iliocostalis lumborum (ICL)\*~* \*Longissimus thoracis (LT)\*~* \*Multifidus (M)\*~* Interventions will be performed from the right side, between the L2-L5 levels.~* A total of \*three different dry needling applications\* will be performed for these three muscles for each participant."

PROCEDURE

"Anatomical Accuracy of Blind Dry Needling Procedures on the Lumbar Paraspinal Muscles: An Ultrasonography-Assisted Observational Study"

\*All interventions will be performed by a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist with clinical experience. \* Targeted muscles: \* \*Iliocostalis lumborum (ICL)\* \* \*Longissimus thoracis (LT)\* \* \*Multifidus (M)\* \* Interventions will be performed from the right side, between the L2-L5 levels. \* A total of \*three different dry needling applications\* will be performed for these three muscles for each participant. After each intervention, the needle tip position will be evaluated by a second specialist with \*high-resolution linear probe ultrasound\*.

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Erzurum Regional Training & Research Hospital

OTHER_GOV

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