Biomarkers of Pain and Stress Perception and Dry Needling Technique Application

University of Alcala

Status: Completed

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Sham dry needling lumbar iliocostalis muscle; Other: Dry needling of lumbar iliocostalis muscle

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06355752

0018-N-23

Details and patient eligibility

About

The use of the dry needling technique has become widespread in recent years for the treatment of musculoskeletal pain. Although dry needling has been shown to be effective in the treatment of shoulder pain, elbow pain, headache, etc., we do not yet have a clear understanding of the mechanisms of action that justify its beneficial effects.

In this study, we propose to analyse the biochemical markers of pain generated by the application of a dry needling technique on the lumbar musculature in patients with mechanical lumbar pain of non-specific origin.

The aim of this study will be to evaluate the effects of dry needling technique on the plasmatic concentration of biochemical markers.Furthermore, the test subjects will be randomly distributed into two groups.

An experimental group where the subjects will receive a real dry needling technique.

Another group will be treated with a sham technique.

Enrollment: 36 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Mechanical lumbar pain of more than three months of evolution.

Exclusion criteria

• Medical diagnosis of lumbar disc herniation or protrusion.
• Low back and leg pain.
• Pregnancy.
• Fibromyalgia.
• Fear of needles.
• Medication with anticoagulants

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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36 participants in 2 patient groups

Real dry needling

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects included in this group will receive a session with dry needling in the quadratus lumborum muscle.

Treatment:

Other: Dry needling of lumbar iliocostalis muscle

Sham dry needling

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Subjects included in this group will receive a session with sham dry needling in the quadratus lumborum muscle.

Treatment:

Other: Sham dry needling lumbar iliocostalis muscle