Short-Term Response of Thoracic Spine Manipulation With or Without Trigger Point Dry Needling for Mechanical Neck Pain
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Official title
Short-Term Response of Thoracic Spine Manipulation With or Without Trigger Point Dry Needling for Mechanical Neck Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT02415660
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Lead sponsor
- Brooke Army Medical Center
- Federal
- Enrollment
- 42 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Thoracic spinal manipulation Procedure
- Trigger point dry needling Procedure
- Cervical range of motion exercises Behavioral
- Posterior neck muscle activation exercise Behavioral
- Trigger point dry needling sham Procedure
- Seirin J-type stainless steel needles, 0-2-0.3 x 40-50 mm Device
Procedure · Behavioral · Device
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 64 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
- May 31, 2016
- Primary completion
- Mar 2, 2020
- Completion
- Jul 31, 2020
- Last update posted
- Feb 1, 2021
2016 – 2020
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMEDD Center & School | Fort Sam Houston | Texas | 78234 | — |
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- Last update posted Feb 1, 2021 · Synced Jul 21, 2026
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