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Effectiveness of dry needling compared to placebo needling for easing pain and…

SLCTR/2024/009 · Sri Lanka Clinical Trials Registry (SLCTR) · Not Recruiting

Key facts

Trial ID SLCTR/2024/009
Public title Effectiveness of dry needling compared to placebo needling for easing pain and disability among adults with migraine headache: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Scientific title Effectiveness of Dry Needling for Improving Pain and Disability in Adults with Migraine Headache; A Randomized Controlled Trial
Primary sponsor University of Peradeniya
Registry Sri Lanka Clinical Trials Registry (SLCTR)
Recruitment status Not Recruiting
Study type Interventional
Phase Not Applicable
Countries Sri Lanka
Conditions Migraine Headache
Interventions • Study setting: Teaching Hospital, Anuradhapura. • Randomization: 1:1 randomization using sealed envelopes. • Treatment group: Dry needling for active trigger points in suboccipital, and cervical musculature will be performed by a…
Registration date Mar 15, 2024
Target size 140 patients (70 for each arm)
Registry page slctr.lk

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