IRCT2015071121479N2 IRCT 2015-08-31 Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Evaluating the Effect of Dry Needling on the Radiating Pain in Subjects with Discopathic Low Back Pain Evaluating the Effect of Dry Needling on the Radiating Pain in Subjects with Discopathic Low Back Pain 2014-01-21 anticipated 58 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/18815 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Double blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment. N/A discopathy low back pain. Intervention 1: Participants in experimental group received standard physiotherapy for 10 sessions every other day and dry needling for 5 sessions. Standard physiotherapy included thermal modality, TENS (Acupuncture like: Frequency = 1-4Hz, Duration= 250 ms , Time= 20 minute ) , ultrasound ( Frequency = 1MHz , pulsed , intensity = 1 w/cm2 , Time = 1minute / 1 cm2)and exercise therapy( Mckenzie program and stabilizing exercise). Each standard physiotherapy session took about 45 minutes. Dry needling sessions were at the end of second, forth, six, eighth and tenth sessions DN needed an addition 15 minutes to be performed. Intervention 2: Subjects in control group received standard physiotherapy for 10 sessions every other day. Standard physiotherapy included thermal modality, TENS (Acupuncture like: Frequency = 1-4Hz, Duration= 250 ms , Time= 20 minute ) , ultrasound ( Frequency = 1MHz , pulsed , intensity = 1 w/cm2 , Time = 1minute / 1 cm2)and exercise therapy( Mckenzie program and stabilizing exercise). Each session took about 45 minutes.