Comparative Impact of Integrated Neuromuscular Inhibition... | NCT07711041

Studies
Comparative Impact of Integrated Neuromuscular Inhibition Technique, Dry Cupping and Dry Needling on Mechanical Neck Pain; A Randomized Controlled Trial

NCT07711041

Sponsor

Beni-Suef University

Status

Recruiting

Last Update Posted

Jul 17, 2026Actual

Enrollment

80Estimated

Phase

Not Applicable

Conditions

Mechanical Neck Pain
Dry Needling Technique
Dry Cupping Technique

Interventions

strengthening and stretching exercises
Integrated neuromuscular inhibition technique
Dry Needling
Dry cupping

Countries

Egypt

Protocol Section

Identification Module Status Module Sponsor/Collaborators Module Oversight Module Description Module Conditions Module Design Module Arms/Interventions Module Outcomes Module Eligibility Module Contacts/Locations Module References Module IPD Sharing Statement Module

Results Section

Participant Flow Module Baseline Characteristics Module Outcome Measures Module Adverse Events Module More Info Module

Annotation Section

Annotation Module

Document Section

Large Document Module

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module Condition Browse Module Intervention Browse Module

Protocol Section

Identification Module

NCT ID

Status Module

Record Verification Date

Jul 2026

Overall Recruitment Status or Expanded Access Status

Recruiting

Last Known Status

Not provided

Delayed Posting

Not provided

Why Stopped

Not provided

Expanded Access Info

Start Date

Jul 2026Estimated

Primary Completion Date

Feb 2027Estimated

Completion Date

May 2027Estimated

First Submitted Date

Jul 14, 2026

First Submission Date that Met QC Criteria

Jul 14, 2026

First Posted Date

Jul 17, 2026Actual

Results Waived

Not provided

Results First Submitted Date

Not provided

Results First Submitted that Met QC Criteria

Not provided

Results First Posted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension (aka Delayed Results) First Submitted Date

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Submitted that Passed QC Review

Not provided

Certification/Extension First Posted Date

Not provided

Last Update Submitted Date

Jul 14, 2026

Last Update Posted Date

Jul 17, 2026Actual

Sponsor/Collaborators Module

Responsible Party, by Official Title

Dina Al-Amir Mohamed Hussein, Lecturer of Physical Therapy, Beni-Suef UniversityPrincipal Investigator

Lead Sponsor

Beni-Suef UniversityOTHER

Collaborators

Not provided

Oversight Module

Has Data Monitoring Committee (DMC)

Not provided

Is FDA Regulated Drug

Is FDA Regulated Device

Is Unapproved Device

Not provided

Pediatric Postmarket Surveillance of a Device Product

Not provided

Product Exported from US

Not provided

FDAAA801 Violation

Not provided

Description Module

Brief Summary

This study ill include four treatment groups. Group A who will receive traditional physical therapy, group B who will receive INIT plus traditional physical therapy , group C who will receive dry cupping therapy plus traditional physical therapy or group D will receive Dry needling therapy plus traditional physical therapy . All groups completed 4 weeks of intervention.

Detailed Description

Not provided

Design Module

Study Type

Interventional

Number of References to an Expanded Access Study

Not provided

Expanded Access Types

Not provided

Patient Registry

Not provided

Target Follow-Up Duration

Not provided

Phases

Not Applicable

Interventional Study Design

Allocation

Biospecimen

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Enrollment

80Estimated

Arms/Interventions Module

Arm Groups

Label	Type	Intervention Names
Group A	Active Comparator	Other: strengthening and stretching exercises
Group B	Experimental	Other: Integrated neuromuscular inhibition technique
Group C	Experimental	Device: Dry cupping
Group D	Experimental	Device: Dry Needling

Interventions

Name	Type	Description	Arm Group Labels	Other Names
strengthening and stretching exercises	Other	subjects will receive strengthening and stretching exercises	Group A

Outcomes Module

Primary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
pain intensity	pain intensity will be measured by visual analogue scale	0-4 weeks
pain pressure threshold	The pressure algometer will measure the pain pressure threshold	0-4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Measure	Description	Time Frame
Neck Disability Index	The Neck Disability Index is a questionnaire to measure function	0-4 weeks

Other Outcomes

Not provided

Eligibility Module

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Medically competent men and women will be included They had chronic MTrPs in the upper trapezius for more than 6 months Diagnostic criteria of being a tight band with a palpable nodule and distant pain when subjected to pressure

Exclusion Criteria:

subjects with previous neck or shoulder pathology (e.g., fracture, sur¬gery, inflammatory and infectious diseases), cervical disc pathology, systemic disorder, fibromyalgia, those who underwent physical therapy for at least the previous 3 months

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Sex

All

Sex/Gender Based

Not provided

Sex/Gender Description

Not provided

Minimum Age

18 Years

Maximum Age

40 Years

Standard Ages

Adult

Study Population

Not provided

Sampling Method

Not provided

Contacts/Locations Module

Central Contacts

Name	Role	Phone	Extension	Email
Dina Al-Amir Mohamed, Lecturer	Contact	002+01229370053		dinaalamir@pt.bsu.edu.eg

Overall Officials

Not provided

Locations

Facility	Status	City	State	ZIP	Country	Contacts
Faculty of Physical Therapy	Recruiting	Giza			Egypt

IPD Sharing Statement Module

Plan to Share IPD

Undecided

Description

Not provided

Types

Not provided

Time Frame

Not provided

Access Criteria

Not provided

URL

Not provided

Derived Section

Miscellaneous Info Module

Version Holder

Jul 17, 2026

Removed Countries

Not provided

Submission Tracking

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Condition Browse Module

No data available

No data is available for this block.

Intervention Browse Module

MeSH Terms

ID	Term
D000529	Complementary Therapies
D013812	Therapeutics
D026741	Physical Therapy Modalities