# Effectiveness of Dry Needling Adding to Physical Therapy in Patients With Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain

> **NCT02927977** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre** · enrollment: 116 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Neck Pain

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** control
- **OTHER:** dry needling

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02927977
- **Lead sponsor:** Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2016-12
- **Primary completion:** 2017-05
- **Final completion:** 2018-03
- **Target enrollment:** 116 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2018-11-14


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02927977

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02927977, "Effectiveness of Dry Needling Adding to Physical Therapy in Patients With Chronic Non-Specific Neck Pain". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02927977. Licensed CC0.

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