Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of dry needling (DN) with fast-
in and fast-out technique for myofascialtrigger points (MTrPs) in the upper trapezius muscle …

Background: Chronic mechanical neck pain with trigger points is one of the leading causes
of disability resulting in increased levels of pain and loss of function. The purpose of this …

BACKGROUND: Ischemic compression is widely used to clinically treat neck pain. However,
no meta-analysis has been conducted to evaluate the effects of this process on neck pain …

Objectives To compare the efficacy of dry needling (DN) and cold‐spray‐stretching
treatments using surface electromyography (sEMG) and ultrasound (US) in the treatment of …

This paper, published in a prominent United States physical therapy journal, examined the
evidence of dry needling to reduce pain in patients with myofascial pain of the upper quarter …

Procedures such as dry needling (DN) or percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS)
are commonly proposed for the treatment of myofascial trigger points (MTrP). The aim of the …

The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that dry needling is more effective than
sham dry needling in the treatment of myofascial pain syndrome (MPS). This was a …

Objective: Chronic mechanical neck pain is associated with musculoskeletal tissue
alterations. Active trigger points in the trapezius and levator scapulae muscles are common …

Objective This systematic review of randomized controlled trials aimed to examine the
effectiveness of dry needling in the treatment of myofascial trigger points and to explore the …

Objective: To determine the changes produced by trigger point dry needling (TrP-DN) of
sternocleidomastoid in patients with neck pain, and to observe how it might modify cervical …