# The Patient Expectation in Dry Needling and Analgesia

> **NCT03673319** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Alcala** · enrollment: 60 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Neck Pain

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Dry needling with positives expectation
- **PROCEDURE:** Dry needling with neutral expectation

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT03673319
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Alcala
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2018-10-04
- **Primary completion:** 2019-04-30
- **Final completion:** 2019-07-31
- **Target enrollment:** 60 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2019-08-19


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03673319

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT03673319, "The Patient Expectation in Dry Needling and Analgesia". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-27 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT03673319. Licensed CC0.

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