An interventional study of Dry needling and Pain neuroscience education in Pain, Neck, sponsored by Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Completed at 1 site in Spain. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-09-08.
Sponsored by Universidad Rey Juan Carlos · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
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.
1,232 studies on the registry are indexed under Neck Pain; 255 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 60 is above the median of 52 across 1,004 interventional studies indexed under Neck Pain.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Received Dry needling in the neck muscles.
Other: Dry needling
the participants received the conventional treatment for non-specific neck pain.
Other: Conventional treatment
Received the same treatment as dry needling group and pain education.
Other: Dry needling · Other: Pain neuroscience education
Insertion of solid filament needles in the muscle
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
Electrotherapy: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and microwaves
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
Time frame: 3 months
Medication intake
Medication use: number of pills
Time frame: 3 months
Disability using Neck Disability Index
Neck disability index: patients ability to function in daily life activities.
Time frame: 3 months
Kinesiophobia using Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia
Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia: participants pain-related fear of movement and (re)injury
Time frame: 3 months
Catastrophizing using Pain Catastrophizing Scale
Pain Catastrophizing Scale: propensity to catastrophize about pain
Time frame: 3 months
Pain anxiety using Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale
Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale: The anxiety behaviors associated with pain
Time frame: 3 months
Beck Depression Inventory-II
Self-report measure to assess the severity of depressive symptoms
Time frame: 3 months
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