Status:
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Electrical Dry Needling and Therapeutic Exercise Versus Therapeutic Exercise in Patients With Nonspecific Chronic Neck Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Universidad de Almeria
Conditions:
Neck Pain
Chronic Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
30-68 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
To compare the effectiveness of electrical dry needling combined with therapeutic exercise versus therapeutic exercise alone in patients with nonspecific chronic mechanical neck pain.
Detailed Description
Neck pain is highly prevalent, affecting 203 million people worldwide in 2020 and ranking eleventh in terms of years lived with disability. More than 50% of individuals will not recover from an acute ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Male and female patients aged between 30 and 65 years with chronic cervical pain lasting 3 months or more and not receiving any other type of physiotherapy treatment.
Exclusion
- Patients with sensory and/or coagulation disorders, history of spine surgery, cardiac complications, severe concurrent central or peripheral nervous system disease, epilepsy, needle phobia, disc pathology, or serious pathologies that may be the primary cause of chronic cervical pain (e.g., tumors, Arnold Chiari disease, vertigo syndrome, etc.) will be excluded, as they are contraindicated for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 15 2025
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
March 15 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
70 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06522893
Start Date
November 15 2025
End Date
March 15 2026
Last Update
December 16 2025
Active Locations (1)
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Adelaida María Castro Sánchez
Almería, Almeria, Spain, 04120