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Dry Needling For Chronic Neck Pain

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August 2024

Dry Needling For Chronic Neck Pain

Vol: 306| Issue: 8| Number:16| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Is adding dry needling to a standard care protocol beneficial in patients with chronic neck pain? A randomized placebo-controlled trial.

Complement Ther Clin Pract . 2024 May:55:101842.

Contributing Authors:
R Medrano-de-la-Fuente I Hernando-Garijo MT Mingo-Gomez S Jimenez-Del-Barrio H Hernandez-Lozaro L Ceballos-Laita

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Fifty patients with chronic neck pain were randomized to receive dry needling combined with a standard care protocol (n=17), a sham dry needling procedure with the same standard care protocol (n=16), or the standard care protocol alone (n=17). The primary outcome of interest was pain intensity. Secondary outcomes included pressure pain threshold, neck disability, range of movement, activation of d...

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