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Dry Needling As An Adjunct Treatment To Rehabilitation Protocol Following Rotator Cuff Repair

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May 2025

Dry Needling As An Adjunct Treatment To Rehabilitation Protocol Following Rotator Cuff Repair

Vol: 307| Issue: 5| Number:69| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Dry needling as an adjunct treatment to multimodal rehabilitation protocol following rotator cuff repair surgery: a preliminary, randomized sham-controlled trial.

Chiropr Man Therap . 2024 Dec 5;32(1):39.

Contributing Authors:
F Naseri M Dadgoo M Pourahmadi MN Amroodi S Azizi A Shamsi

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Synopsis

Forty-six patients with postoperative shoulder pain following rotator cuff repair (RCR) surgery and active MTrPs were randomized to receive either MTrP-DN plus multimodal rehabilitation (n=23) or sham dry needling (S-DN) plus multimodal rehabilitation (n=23). The primary outcome was the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) for shoulder pain, while secondary outcomes included the Shoulder Pain and Disa...

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