# Dry Needling and Functional Improvement

> **NCT02838394** · NA · TERMINATED · sponsor: **Brigham Young University** · enrollment: 20 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Myofascial Trigger Point Pain
- Myofascial Pain Syndrome

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Dry needling
- **OTHER:** Sham dry needling

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02838394
- **Lead sponsor:** Brigham Young University
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** TERMINATED
- **Start date:** 2016-12
- **Primary completion:** 2023-08
- **Final completion:** 2023-08
- **Target enrollment:** 20 (ACTUAL)
- **Why stopped:** no clinician who will collect data
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02838394

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02838394, "Dry Needling and Functional Improvement". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02838394. Licensed CC0.

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