# Comparing Dry Needling to Manual Therapy for Patients With Mechanical Low Back Pain

> **NCT02312895** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Youngstown State University** · enrollment: 73 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Low Back Pain

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Manual therapy
- **OTHER:** Dry needling
- **OTHER:** Home Exercise Program

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02312895
- **Lead sponsor:** Youngstown State University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2014-12
- **Primary completion:** 2018-08
- **Final completion:** 2018-08
- **Target enrollment:** 73 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2018-09-17


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02312895

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02312895, "Comparing Dry Needling to Manual Therapy for Patients With Mechanical Low Back Pain". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-09 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02312895. Licensed CC0.

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