Background Patients with myofascial pain syndrome of the neck and upper back have active
trigger points and may present with pain and decreased function. Dry needling (DN) and …

Objective. To evaluate the effects of combining dry needling with other physical therapy
interventions versus the application of the other interventions or dry needling alone applied …

Our aim was to evaluate the effect of dry needling alone as compared to sham needling, no
intervention, or other physical interventions applied over trigger points (TrPs) related with …

Objective To examine the effects of dry needling against trigger point (TrP) injections (wet
needling) applied to TrPs associated with neck pain. Methods Electronic databases were …

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate short-term and long-term treatment effects
of dry needling (DN) and manual pressure (MP) technique with the primary goal of …

Objective To evaluate current evidence of the effectiveness of dry needling of myofascial
trigger points (MTrPs) associated with neck and shoulder pain. Data Sources PubMed …

Chronic neck pain attributed to a myofascial pain syndrome is characterized by the presence
of muscle contractures referred to as myofascial trigger points. In this randomized, parallel …

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 purpose was to determine the efficacy of deep dry needling (DDN) applied on an active
myofascial trigger point (MTrP) versus a latent-MTrP versus a non-MTrP location, on pain …

Objective. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of three interventions for the
treatment of myofascial chronic neck pain. Methods. Thirty‐six patients were randomly …