Adverse Events in Dry Needling

Elizabeth Lane

Status: Completed

Conditions: Shoulder Pain; Back Pain; Hip Osteoarthritis; Muscle Soreness; Neck Pain; Needle Stick; Knee Osteoarthritis; Headache

Treatments: Other: Observational dry needle

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03612843

UUtah

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this prospective cohort survey study is to further explore the incidence of adverse events with dry needling by physical therapists - as well as any differences or similarities between patient-reported vs therapist-reported incidence of AEs.

Full description

The study design will comprise of an observational study, where practicing clinicians will log data from dry needling sessions and patients will report via online surveys. Clinician logs will be collected weekly via an online REDCap survey . Patients will be instructed to complete an online REDCap survey in the event that an adverse event occurs. Data will be collected for a period of 4 mo.

Descriptive statistics will be used to calculate frequencies of various AE's and rates of occurrence per 100 treatments. Adverse events will be classified on how frequently they occur, ranging from very common (>1/10 treatments) to very rare (<1/10,000 treatments).

The investigators will then examine for differences between patient-reported and clinician-reported incidences and also explore for any correlations between adverse events and other various reported factors.

Enrollment: 250 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Any patient that receives dry needling as a part of their care by a physical therapist and consents to provide information

Exclusion criteria

• Does not receive dry needling or does not consent to provide information

Trial design

250 participants in 1 patient group

Dry needle

Description:

Dry needling is provided as a part of a comprehensive treatment program by a physical therapist. The patient and the therapist will record any adverse events that occur.

Treatment:

Other: Observational dry needle