NCT03970486 is a NA clinical trial of Dry needling in Low Back Pain, sponsored by Texas Woman's University.

Who is sponsoring NCT03970486?

NCT03970486 is sponsored by Texas Woman's University.

What drugs are being tested in NCT03970486?

Interventions in NCT03970486: Dry needling.

What condition does NCT03970486 study?

NCT03970486 studies Low Back Pain.

Is NCT03970486 still recruiting?

NCT03970486 is currently status unknown. Last updated 31 May 2019.

Last reviewed 2019-05-31 · How we verify

NCT03970486

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Published: 2026-01-01
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Effects of Two Different Dry-Needling Techniques for Low Back Pain

Status unknown NA Last updated 31 May 2019

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Dry needling in Low Back Pain in 80 participants. Status unknown.

Timeline

22 September 2017

Primary endpoint
31 December 2019

31 December 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Texas Woman's University
Phase	NA
Status	Status unknown
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	80
Start date	22 September 2017
Primary completion	31 December 2019
Estimated completion	31 December 2019
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Dry needling

Conditions studied

Low Back Pain — all drugs for Low Back Pain →

Sponsor

Texas Woman's University

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Low Back Pain. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Although dry-needling with or without manipulation has shown to be a useful technique to reduce pain in patients with low back pain (LBP), it is unclear which of these two dry-needling techniques would have a greater effect on the lumboscaral multifidus (LM) muscle activation, which is essential in LBP rehabilitation. Therefore, the purposes of the study are: 1) to investigate whether or not dry-needling would change muscle activity of the LM muscles in asymptomatic healthy adults and in individuals with LBP, respectively, and 2) to compare the effects of two dry-needling techniques on LM muscle activation and pressure pain threshold (PPT) in asymptomatic healthy adults and individuals with LBP, respectively.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

Short-term effects of two deep dry needling techniques on pressure pain thresholds and electromyographic amplitude of the lumbosacral multifidus in patients with low back pain - a randomized clinical trial.
Wang-Price S, Zafereo J, Couch Z, Brizzolara K, et al · · 2020 · cited 16× · PMID 31960773 · DOI 10.1080/10669817.2020.1714165

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Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03970486 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 9 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by Texas Woman's University
Last refreshed: 31 May 2019

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