Dry Needling with Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (PENS) and Therapeutic Exercises.Therapeutic Exercise
Dry Needling with Percutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (PENS) and Therapeutic Exercises.: Patients assigned to this group (n=50) will receive an intervention in which PENS will be applied for 30 minutes with low frequency parameters (2 Hz) and a pulse width of 120 μs. After 30 minutes of PENS in both groups, the needle will be removed and a compression will be applied for 90 seconds. Once the compression will carried out, the technique will be concluded. Patients will develop a session of PENS and a session with therapeutic exercise once a week.
Therapeutic Exercise: These participants (n=50) will engage in an exercise protocol with aerobic, isometric, resistence, strength, and stretching exercises. Participants will perform these exercises with a frequency of 3 times a week for 6 weeks, with each session lasting 30 minutes.
Study summary
The aim of this study is to compare the effects of applying dry needling with percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation + exercises verus therapeutic execises in patients with non-specific chronic neck pain.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
18 Years
Max age
65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
* Men and women aged between 30 and 65 years.
* A diagnosis of non-specific neck pain,
* Acceptance and signing of informed consent for voluntary participation in the research study.
* Not currently receiving physiotherapy.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients undergoing rehabilitative treatment for cervical pathologies.
* Patients with osteosynthesis material at the cervical level and/or cardiac, epileptic, or tumour-related complications.
* Patients who have undergone radiotherapy. in the last 6 months.
Primary outcome measure(s)
Neck Disability Index — At baseline, 6 weeks and 3 months (follow up). The neck disability index consists of 10 questions addressing functional activities such as personal care, lifting, reading, work, driving, sleeping, recreational, pain intensity, concentration and headache. Each item will be scored on a scale from 0 (no limitation). (severe limitation or inability to perform the activity). The total score will be calculated by summing the item scores, dividing by the maximum possible score of 50 (if all 10 questions are answered), and multiplying by 100 to generate a percentage. A score of 0% indicates full independence, while 100% represents complete dependence.
This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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