The Effect of Dry Needling With Electrical Stimulation on Individuals With Restless Legs Syndrome

Mayo Clinic

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Neck Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Dry Needling with electrical stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05860751

22-009645

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of dry needling with electrical stimulation (DNES) on sleep quality, symptom severity, and function in individuals with restless legs syndrome.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18-75 years
• Clinical diagnosis of restless legs syndrome

Exclusion criteria

• Active cancer diagnoses

• Neuropathic pain (e.g., lumbosacral radiculopathy and/or diabetic neuropathy),

• Pregnancy

• Immunocompromised disease (e.g., HIV, AIDS, lupus)

• Insufficient English-language skills to complete all questionnaires

• Inability to maintain treatment positions

• Contraindications to dry needling:35,36

  • Presence of needle phobia
  • History of abnormal reaction to needling or injection
  • History of bleeding disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

Dry needling with electrical stimulation

Experimental group

Description:

Participants with restless legs syndrome will receive dry needling with electrical stimulation to the lower extremities

Treatment:

Procedure: Dry Needling with electrical stimulation