Study Evaluating the Benefit of Dry Needling for Patients With Neck Pain
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Official title
The Effectiveness of Dry Needling for Patients With Neck Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to determine whether individuals with neck pain will respond favorably to a program of manual therapy, directed at the cervical and thoracic spine (including thrust manipulation), and exercise, in combination with dry needling, as compared to manual therapy, directed to the cervical and thoracic spine (including thrust manipulation), and an exercise program alone.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01301170
- Recruitment status
- Not listed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 66 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 65 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jan 31, 2011
- Primary completion
- Oct 31, 2011
- Completion
- Feb 29, 2012
- Last update posted
- Feb 22, 2011
2011 – 2012
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrated Therapy Practice PC | Hobart | Indiana | 46342 | Recruiting |
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- Last update posted Feb 22, 2011 · Synced Sep 8, 2026
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