An interventional study of Dry needling and Physical therapy and rehabilitation in Dry Needling, Cervical Spondylosis and Physical Therapy, sponsored by Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Open to participants aged 40 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-09-28.
Sponsored by Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
In this study, it was aimed to determine whether dry needling treatment applied to the trigger points in the trapezius muscle in patients with chronic neck pain due to cervical spondylosis makes an additional contribution to the treatment results of the physical therapy and rehabilitation program.
Among the evaluated patients, the patients meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria will be randomized into 2 groups using the random numbers table.
While physical therapy and rehabilitation program will be applied to one group, dry needling treatment will be applied to the trigger points in the upper trapezius region with the same program to the other group. Patients will be evaluated before treatment (day 0) and at the end of treatment (day 21).
The randomization and evaluation of the patients will be done by Gül Tuğba Bulut, while the injection of the patients will be done by Alper Mengi.
Gender, age, education level, occupation, neck pain duration, body mass index of the patients included in the study will be recorded.
The patients will be evaluated in terms of pain intensity, number of active trigger points in the upper trapezius muscle, functional status, quality of life, anxiety and depression at before (day 0) and after treatment (day 21).
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Exclusion Criteria:
The patient group who underwent physical therapy and rehabilitation.
Other: Physical therapy and rehabilitation
The patient group who underwent dry needling for trigger points in the upper trapezius muscle along with physical therapy and rehabilitation.
Other: Dry needling · Other: Physical therapy and rehabilitation
In addition to the physical therapy and exercise program, the dry needling group will consist of patients who have had 3 sessions of dry needling applied to the trigger points in the trapezius muscle, 5 days apart.
The physical therapy and rehabilitation group will consist of patients who will be applied the same exercise program together with the same physical therapy applications (superficial heat (infrared lamp), transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and therapeutic ultrasound (TUS)) 5 sessions per week for 3 weeks.
Pain severity
Pain intensity will be questioned by visual analog scale (VAS) as pain intensity at movement, rest, and night. A horizontal straight line 10 cm long will be used in the VAS assessment. 0 will be considered as no pain, 10 will be considered as the most severe pain. Movement pain will be questioned as the average of the pain felt while the patients are doing their daily routine, rest pain will be the average of the pain felt when the patients are not doing any activity during the day, and night pain will be the average of the neck pain when they wake up or wake up from sleep.
Time frame: 1 day
Number of active trigger points
The upper trapezius muscle of the patient lying in the prone position will be examined and the location and number of active trigger points determined as a result of the examination will be recorded.
Time frame: 1 day
Functional status
The Neck Pain and Disability Scale (NPAD) will be used to measure the functional status of patients due to neck pain. NPAD consists of 20 questions including the effect of neck pain on emotional state and cognitive function and the relationship of neck pain with daily living activities. Each question takes a value between 0 and 5. Accordingly, 0 represents normal function and 5 represents the worst condition resulting from the pain problem. The total score of the scale, which takes a value between 0 and 100, is obtained by summing the scores of all questions.
Time frame: 1 day
Life quality
Short Form-12 (SF-12) will be used to evaluate the quality of life of the patients. SF-12 was created as a shorter form by taking 12 different items from 8 different subheadings of SF-36. It has 2 sub-parameters as physical and mental health. Higher scores indicate better health.
Time frame: 1 day
Anxiety and depression
Patients will be evaluated with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Score (HADS) in terms of anxiety and depression. HADS consists of 14 questions in total. The minimum score for the anxiety and depression subscales is 0, and the maximum score is 21. An increase in the score on the scale means that the severity of anxiety and depression increases. The cut-off points were determined as 10 for the anxiety subscale and 7 for the depression subscale.
Time frame: 1 day
Plan to share: No
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