NCT06816940

Dry Needling and Exercise Program in Osteoarthritis

Completed NA Last updated 3 April 2025

What this trial tests

NA trial testing CONTROL GROUP: in Osteoarthritis, Knee in 60 participants. Completed in 30 September 2024.

Timeline

20 March 2024

Primary endpoint
30 September 2024

30 September 2024

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Manuel Albornoz Cabello
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	double
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	60
Start date	20 March 2024
Primary completion	30 September 2024
Estimated completion	30 September 2024
Sites	1 location across Spain

Drugs / interventions tested

• CONTROL GROUP:
• EXPERIMENTAL GROUP

Conditions studied

• Osteoarthritis, Knee — all drugs for Osteoarthritis, Knee →

Sponsor

Manuel Albornoz Cabello

Who can join

Adults 18 to 65, any sex, with Osteoarthritis, Knee. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Osteoarthrosis (OA) is a chronic degenerative disease that affects the joints, knee OA is the most prevalent type, affecting 265 million people worldwide, more than 40% of adults over 45 years of age, being one of the greatest causes of disability, which leads to a decrease in the quality of life of those who suffer from it, and increased medical care and costs.

Currently, clinical guidelines recommend physical exercise as the first line of treatment for knee OA.

Reviews conducted in 2020 observe a low level of evidence regarding dry needling in subjects with OA, suggesting the need for future publications focused on this research problem.

Popliteal muscle involvement is often underestimated in knee pain, however, some authors also suggest that the presence of trigger points in this muscle may represent a cause of diffuse knee pain. Active trigger points in the popliteus have been observed in 17% of people with symptomatic knee OA.

This study aims to evaluate data resulting from pain, function, strength and range of motion, in subjects with OA, after being treated with a specific exercise program and dry needling technique in the popliteal muscle. The subjects will be recruited at a health centre in the city of Seville, and at the Physiotherapy department of the University of Seville.

As this is research with people, the researcherse wanted to be especially attentive to the following ethical aspects: all participants will be informed of the objective of the project and will be asked for written informed consent, their wish not to participate or abandon the project will be respected and they will be guaranteed that the information obtained will be completely anonymous and for use exclusively for the purposes of the research. The informed consent to be given is based on the ethical principles set out in the World Medical Association's 1964 Declaration of Helsinki for medical research involving human subjects. Compliance with the rules of the General Health Law of 1986 and the Basic Law 41/2002 Regulating Patient Autonomy.

1\. General Objective To evaluate and compare the resulting data on pain, function, strength, and range of motion in subjects with knee OA after being treated with a specific exercise program; and treated with the same exercise program combined with dry needling technique in the popliteal muscle.

Publications & conference data

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

1. Effects of dry needling combined with exercise on knee osteoarthritis at 6 month follow up a randomized clinical trial.
   Agost-González A, Escobio-Prieto I, de Los Ángeles Cardero-Durán M, Yáñez-Álvarez ÁR, et al · · 2025 · PMID 41413069 · DOI 10.1038/s41598-025-27821-0