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RecruitingNCT05868512Updated May 22, 2023

Effectiveness of DN Versus TU Along With Routine PT in Patients With for Chronic Neck Pain RCT

An interventional study of Dry needling and Therapeutic ultrasound in Neck Pain, sponsored by Superior University. Recruiting at 1 site in Pakistan. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 35 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-05-22.

Sponsored by Superior University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Jun 2023, 3 years 4 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Apr 2023; still recruiting 3 years 6 months later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
31
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
20 Years to 35 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

To determine the effectiveness of dry needling and therapeutic ultrasound for the treatment of chronic neck pain

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Conditions studied

  • Neck Pain

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In context

Neck Pain

1,232 studies on the registry are indexed under Neck Pain; 255 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 31 is below the median of 52 across 1,004 interventional studies indexed under Neck Pain.

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Lead sponsor

Superior University is the lead sponsor of 242 studies on the registry; 24 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
20 Years to 35 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • The inclusion criteria will be office workers having pain sensation at neck for at least 4 months
  • pain for 3-7 on NRS and with the limited or painful ROM.
  • Age of the participants will be 20-35 years.
  • Only those individuals will be included who are working in the field for more than 8 months and work for 6-8 hours per day.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • The exclusion criteria were any other neurological conditions of cervical vertebra, cervical radiculopathy, any vascular disease, tumors or any other local infection
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
31 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Other
    Dry needling

    Diagnostic Test: Dry needling

  • Experimental
    therapeutic ultrasound

    Diagnostic Test: Therapeutic ultrasound

Interventions

  • Diagnostic testDry needling

    Dry Needling Along With Routine Physical Therapy for Chronic Neck Pain

  • Diagnostic testTherapeutic ultrasound

    Therapeutic ultrasound Along With Routine Physical Therapy for Chronic Neck Pain

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Range of Motion Scale

    Range of Motion is a measuring scale, specifically designed to allow patients and providers to measure the opening, movement and function of the mouth and jaw

    Time frame: 3 Months

  2. Visual Analog Scale for pain the lower score is better

    Visual Analog Scale Ranges1-10 scaling normal to worst

    Time frame: 3 Months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Households
    Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 22, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT05868512
Lead sponsor
Superior University
Responsible party
Muhammad Naveed Babur (Principal Investigator, Superior University) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 22, 2023
Start date
Apr 1, 2023
Primary completion
Jun 1, 2023 (estimated)
Completion
Aug 31, 2023 (estimated)
Last update
May 22, 2023

Study contacts

Muhammad Sameet, DPT
Contact
dptm-f18-024@superior.edu.pk
+923452932526

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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