Effects of Dry Needling on Muscle Function in Patients With Hip Osteoarthritis

University of Zaragoza

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoarthritis

Treatments: Other: Sham dry needling; Other: Dry needling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04195464

Universidad de Valladolid

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study was to assess the effects of dry needling technique on muscle strength and muscle length in patients with hip osteoarthritis at short term.

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed medically with a X-Ray test
• American College of Rheumatology Criteria

Exclusion criteria

• Secondary osteoarthritis by a traumatism, Paget disease, inflammatory or metabolic disease, congenital diseases etc.
• Vascular or neurological disease.
• Musculoskeletal pathologies in lumbar spine, pelvis or lower limbs
• Fear of needles

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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45 participants in 3 patient groups

DN

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Dry needling

Sham-DN

Sham Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Sham dry needling

Control

No Intervention group