Cervical Pain
Conditions
Brief summary
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.
Interventions
OTHERDry Needling
3 treatments of dry needling to inactivate all active trigger points found in patient's cervical muscles.
OTHERStretch
3 treatments of stretch applied to all cervical muscles that present active trigger points in patient's cervical muscles.
Sponsors
Universidad de Zaragoza
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cervical Pain Intensity | Change between baseline (immediately before intervention) and post intervention (immediately after intervention), after 1month and 3 months | For the Assesment of cervical pain intensity the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) was used. |
| Neck Disability Index | Change between baseline (immediately before intervention) and post intervention (immediately after intervention), after 1month and 3 months | For the assesment of perceived neck disability the neck disability index was used. |
| Pressure Pain Threshold | Change between baseline (immediately before intervention) and post intervention (immediately after intervention), after 1month and 3 months | For the assesment of pressure pain threshold of active trigger points a digital algometer was used |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cervical range of movement | Change between baseline (immediately before intervention) and post intervention (immediately after intervention), after 1month and 3 months | For the assesment of cervical range of movement the universal goniometer was used |
| Cervical muscles Electromyography | Change between baseline (immediately before intervention) and post intervention (immediately after intervention), after 1month and 3 months | For the assesment of cervical muscles electromyographic activity Trigno Avanti sensor was used. |
Countries
Spain
Contacts
Primary ContactJulian Müller-Thyssen Uriarte
Outcome results
None listed