About Pricing FAQs Blog

Loading clinical trials...

Your health journey, clearly organized.

Find Clinical Trials →

Legal

Privacy Policy
Terms of Service

© 2026 Clareo Health. All rights reserved.

Back to clinical trial search

COMPLETEDNANCT05607459

Dry Needling, Manual Therapy and Exercise for Neck Pain Management

Since neck pain is the fourth highest disabling condition (with an estimated point prevalence of 20%, lifetime prevalence up to 70% and high recurrence rates), dry needling targeting myofascial trigge...

Lead sponsor: Camilo Jose Cela University•1 locations•View source on ClinicalTrials.gov

Clareo plain-language summary

What this study is about

Generating AI summary...

Save this trial guide to your notes

Keep your clinical trial research organized — questions to ask, what to expect, and key details.

Sponsors

Lead Sponsor

Camilo Jose Cela University

Collaborators

Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Age

18 - 65 years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Inclusion Criteria

•To be between 18 and 65 years old
•To have been experiencing unilateral neck pain for at least 3 months
•To have a Neck Disability Index (NDI) score \>8
•To have a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) score \>3
•To have at least one active MTrP located in the upper trapezius or cervical multifidus muscles

Exclusion Criteria

•History of whiplash injury
•Previous cervical surgery
•Cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy
•Diagnosis of fibromyalgia
•Additional analgesic treatments during the study (e.g. physiotherapy or drugs)
•Psychiatric disorders
•Any contraindication to the interventions proposed (e.g. fear of needles or anticoagulants)

Related studies

RECRUITINGPhase 1/2

Treating Chronic Cervicogenic Head and Neck Pain

NCT05617365 · Cervicogenic Headache, Neck Pain, Posterior

Effects of Smartphone Use on Posture, Pain, Function and QoL

NCT04256031 · Postural; Defect, Neck Pain, Posterior, and more

Dry Needling of the M. Obliquus Capitis Inferior on Rotational Mobility and Headache Related Outcome Measures in CH.

NCT05074381 · Neck Pain, Posterior, Headache, and more

SENSORY RE-TRAINING IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC NECK PAIN

NCT05605132 · Neck Pain, Cervical Pain, and more

Comparative Effect of MEP With or Without Current Emission in the Treatment of Cervical Pain in MTrPs of the Trapezius

NCT05524623 · Neck Pain, Posterior, Myofascial Pain Syndromes

Data from ClinicalTrials.govLast updated on ClinicalTrials.gov: July 1, 2025Terms

Trial snapshot

StatusCOMPLETED

PhaseNA

Enrollment40

Start dateNov 2022

Last updatedJul 1, 2025

Condition

Neck Pain, Posterior

Locations shown

Juan Antonio Valera-Calero

Alcorcón, Madrid

For caregivers

Use Clareo to keep notes, questions, trial details, and next steps organized before and after appointments.

Start free trial →

Data Source & Attribution

This clinical trial information is sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

ClinicalTrials.gov last update: July 1, 2025Data synced to Clareo: May 25, 2026

Modifications: This data has been reformatted for display purposes. Eligibility criteria have been parsed into inclusion/exclusion sections. Location data has been geocoded to enable distance-based search. For the authoritative and most current information, please visit ClinicalTrials.gov.

Neither the United States Government nor Clareo Health make any warranties regarding the data. Check ClinicalTrials.gov frequently for updates.

View ClinicalTrials.gov Terms and Conditions