The Effect of Dry Needling and Prolotherapy on Pain, Function, and Quality of Life in Patients With Cervical Radiculopathy.

N/AActive Not RecruitingNCT06457529

Superior University40 enrolled

Overview

Cervical radiculopathy is characterized by neurological dysfunction caused by compression and inflammation of the spinal nerves or nerve roots of the cervical spine. Rolotherapy is a regenerative therapeutic method that consists of injecting irritant solutions into the injured areas.

Hyperosmolar dextrose is the most common agent. Administering proliferant substances can accelerate the tissue healing process by inducing cellular rupture and inflammatory response, leading to collagen deposition, cellular growth factor production, and regeneration. Dry needling used to relieve trigger point release in deep and superficial muscles. Both treatment interventions will apply to cervical radiculopathy patients to measure the effectiveness of treatment.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Cervical Radiculopathy

Interventions

conventional treatment with ProlotherapyDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Group A got prolotherapy along with conven¬tional treatment, which includes ultrasonic therapy for 10 minutes. The intensity will be 3MHz at 1.0 watts/cm2. Prolotherapy is an injection treatment used to relieve pain. Your healthcare provider will inject a small amount of an irritant into your body. Dextrose (sugar) solution is the most commonly injected irritant. Proponents of prolotherapy claim it relieves pain by jumpstarting your body's natural healing abilities.

Dry Needling and conventional treatmentOTHER

Group B Subjects in Group B will get Dry Needling along with conventional treatment, which includes ultrasonic therapy for 10 minutes. The intensity will be 3MHz at 1.0 watts/cm2. Trigger-point dry needling is an invasive procedure where a fine needle or acupuncture needle is inserted into the skin and muscle

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 50 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age group between 20-50 years * Both male and female * Unilateral pain starting in the cervical spine and radiating to the upper limb. * Pain aggravated by upper limb movement * Restricted range of motion of arm Exclusion Criteria: * History of Spinal infection * Spinal Cord Injury * History of Vertebral tumor and factures * History of cervical or intracranial surgery * History of Radiating pain to bilateral upper limb.

Locations (1)

Iqbal Mahmooda Hospital, Iffat Anwar Medical Complex and Life line Hospital

Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Neck Disability Index

The NDI has become a standard instrument for measuring self-rated disability due to neck pain and is used by both clinicians and researchers. Each of the 10 items scores from 0 to 5. The maximum score is 50. The obtained score can be multiplied by two to produce a percentage score

Time frame: 12 Months

WHO Quality of Life

The QOLS is a reliable and valid instrument for measuring quality of life from the perspective of the patient. It focuses on domains that come from the qualitative descriptions of a wide range of adults across gender, cultural and language groups.Each individual item of the WHOQOL-BREF is scored from 1 to 5 on a response scale, which is stipulated as a five-point ordinal scale. The scores are then transformed linearly to a 0-100-scale (16, 17). The physical health domain includes items on mobility, daily activities, functional capacity, energy, pain, and sleep

Time frame: 12 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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