Clinical trial NCT03638388: Dry Needling vs Dry Needling With ES in Patients With Neck/Shoulder Pain
Official title: Rate and Maintenance of Improvement in Myofascial Pain: Dry Needling Alone vs Dry Needling With Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Myofascial Pain
Neck Pain
Shoulder Pain
Lead sponsor: University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-08-20
Enrollment: 45
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Experimental There will be two groups in this study, DN alone and DN/IES. Each group will have approximately 22 subjects, resulting in approximately 44 subjects total. Subjects will be randomized into one of the two groups via block randomization method based on order of entry into the study.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: First, we aim to determine if there is a difference in the rate of improvement, as measured by the Neck Disability Index (NDI) and Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), across a 6 week treatment period between those treated with DN only and those treated with DN and intramuscular electrical stimulation (IES) in subjects with upper trapezius active trigger points (aTrPs). Secondly, we want to determine if improvements in clinical outcomes (NDI and NPRS) of patients with upper trapezius active trigger points (aTrPs) treated with dry needling (DN) alone or dry needling with intramuscular electrical stimulation (DN/IES) are maintained 6 weeks post treatment without further intervention.

Research Questions:

1. Is there a difference in the rate of improvement in NDI and NPRS across a 6 week treatment period in subjects with upper trapezius active trigger points (aTrPs) between those treated with DN only and those treated with DN and intramuscular electrical stimulation (IES)?
2. Are improvements in clinical outcomes (NDI and NPRS) of patients with upper trapezius active trigger points (aTrPs) treated with dry needling (DN) maintained 6 weeks post treatment without further intervention? Tertiary exploration: If improvement is maintained, is there a difference in outcome maintenance between groups? Did improvement increase between 6 and 12 weeks?


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

18-59 years old have an active email account have at least one palpable active trigger point (TrP) (located in one or both upper trapezius) English speaking

Exclusion Criteria:

current or previous history of cancer active infection neurologic deficit cognitive deficit pregnancy connective tissue disease and/or autoimmune disorder smoke tobacco received previous DN treatments within 6 weeks of the study, experienced unilateral or bilateral neck/shoulder pain continuously for 3 months or longer

Primary outcomes:
measure: Rate of improvement in numerical pain rating scale between groups
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Rate of improvement in Neck Disability Index between groups
timeFrame: 6 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Maintenance of pain improvement in both groups
timeFrame: week 6 compared to week 12 data
measure: Maintenance of disability improvement in both groups
timeFrame: week 6 compared to week 12 data
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Belton
country: United States
facility: University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
state: Texas
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
name: Kindyle L. Brennan, PHD,PT
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
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