Electrical Dry Needling and Therapeutic Exercise Versus Therapeutic Exercise in Patients With Non… (NCT06522893) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedNot Applicable
Electrical Dry Needling and Therapeutic Exercise Versus Therapeutic Exercise in Patients With Nonspecific Chronic Neck Pain
Spain90 participantsStarted 2025-11-15
Plain-language 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.
Who can participate
Age range30 Years – 68 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* 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 Criteria:
* 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).
What they're measuring
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Neck disability index
Timeframe: At baseline, at 6 weeks and at 2 months