# Dry Needling vs Dry Needling With ES in Patients With Neck/Shoulder Pain

> **NCT03638388** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Kindyle Brennan** · enrollment: 45 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Myofascial Pain
- Neck Pain
- Shoulder Pain

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Dry needling (DN)
- **PROCEDURE:** Dry needling with intramuscular electrical stimulation (DNES)

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03638388
- **Lead sponsor:** Kindyle Brennan
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2018-08-16
- **Primary completion:** 2018-12-01
- **Final completion:** 2019-02-01
- **Target enrollment:** 45 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-03-25


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03638388

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03638388, "Dry Needling vs Dry Needling With ES in Patients With Neck/Shoulder Pain". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03638388. Licensed CC0.

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