# Effectiveness of Dry Needling in People With Episodic Tension-type Headache

> **NCT05493098** · NA · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Iran University of Medical Sciences** · enrollment: 36 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- Episodic Tension-type Headache

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** dry needling
- **OTHER:** sham (placebo) dry needling:

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT05493098
- **Lead sponsor:** Iran University of Medical Sciences
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2023-06-30
- **Primary completion:** 2023-12-30
- **Final completion:** 2023-12-30
- **Target enrollment:** 36 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2023-02-16


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05493098

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT05493098, "Effectiveness of Dry Needling in People With Episodic Tension-type Headache". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT05493098. Licensed CC0.

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