Effectiveness of Dry Needling of Active Trigger Points in Neck Muscles in Patients With Chronic Cervical Pain

Universidad de Zaragoza52 enrolled

Overview

Randomized Single-Blind Clinical Trial in which the treatment will be administered through 3 sessions of dry needling in the cervical muscles's active trigger points in patients with chronic cervical pain.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Cervical Pain

Interventions

Dry NeedlingOTHER

3 treatments of dry needling to inactivate all active trigger points found in patient's cervical muscles.

StretchOTHER

3 treatments of stretch applied to all cervical muscles that present active trigger points in patient's cervical muscles.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 80 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Be older than 18 years old * Sign informed consent form prior to participating in this study * Have chronic cervical pain diagnosis of their primary care doctor. * Have one or more active myofascial trigger point in the cervical muscles according to the criteria established by Simons et al. Exclusion Criteria: * Major trauma on cervical spine stated from the medical history * Inflammatory, hormonal or neurological disorders * Have contraindication to conservative or invasive physiotherapy (infection, fever, hypothyroidism, wound in the puncture area, metal allergies, cancer or systemic diseases, or belonephobia) * Having received physiotherapy treatment for the condition in the past month

Locations (1)

Centro Clínico de Fisioterapia OMT-E

Zaragoza, Spain