Trigger Point Dry Needling Practice in Colorado: Practitioner and Patient

Harms Associated With Dry Needling Provided During Patient Care in Colorado by Physical Therapists

A retrospective analysis of responses following a descriptive survey to investigate the benefits and harms associated with dry needling as provided by a physical therapists in CO

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Dry Needling; Harm
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: Dry Needling

Detailed Description

Two surveys were completed to identify the reported harms by physical therapists in the provision of dry needling in Colorado, and by patients who received dry needling from physical therapists in Colorado in April 2017. Retrospective analysis of the data (de-identified) was completed to provide a representative reporting on harms associated with the dry needling provided and received for patients.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 2607
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Colorado
    • Denver, Colorado, United States, 80221
      • Regis University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Physical therapists providing dry needling to patients in Colorado
• Patients who had received dry needling from Physical Therapists in Colorado

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: Double

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Survey analysis of harm data	Harm - "any ill-effect, no matter how small, that was unintended." Further delineation was made that minor/insignificant complaints/harms were defined as short term soreness less than 24 hours and more than 24 hours, bruising and light-headedness, and major/significant harm was defined infection or pneumothorax (PTX).	As reported during the four week survey time frame

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Regis University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 1, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 30, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): April 30, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: July 30, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 30, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): July 31, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 31, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 30, 2019
• Last Verified: July 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: physical therapy; dry needling
• Other Study ID Numbers: 1069837-1

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No