Proteins and signaling pathways response to dry needling combined with static stretching treatment for chronic myofascial pain in a RAT model: An explorative …

L Li, Q Huang, M Barbero, L Liu, T Nguyen… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
A quantitative proteomic analysis of the response to dry needling combined with static
stretching treatment was performed in a rat model of active myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) …

Quantitative proteomics analysis to identify biomarkers of chronic myofascial pain and therapeutic targets of dry needling in a rat model of myofascial trigger points

LH Li, QM Huang, M Barbero, L Liu… - Journal of pain …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background Proteomics analysis may provide important information regarding the
pathogenesis of chronic myofascial pain and the mechanisms underlying the treatment …

Dry needling at myofascial trigger spots of rabbit skeletal muscles modulates the biochemicals associated with pain, inflammation, and hypoxia

YL Hsieh, SA Yang, CC Yang… - … and Alternative Medicine, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose. Dry needling is an effective therapy for the treatment of pain
associated with myofascial trigger point (MTrP). However, the biochemical effects of dry …

A framework for understanding the relationship between descending pain modulation, motor corticospinal, and neuroplasticity regulation systems in chronic …

LM Botelho, L Morales-Quezada, JR Rozisky… - Frontiers in Human …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a leading cause of chronic musculoskeletal pain.
However, its neurobiological mechanisms are not entirely elucidated. Given the complex …

Pressing intervention promotes the skeletal muscle repair of traumatic myofascial trigger points in rats

Q Jiang, X Feng, D Liu, T Li, X Kuang, X Liu… - Journal of Pain …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objective To observe the effect of pressing intervention on the skeletal muscle repair of
myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) in rats and explore the mechanism of pressing intervention …

Myelinated afferents are involved in pathology of the spontaneous electrical activity and mechanical hyperalgesia of myofascial trigger spots in rats

F Meng, HY Ge, YH Wang… - … Based Complementary and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) are common causes for chronic pain. Myelinated afferents
were considered to be related with muscular pain, and our clinical researches indicated they …

Myofascial pain and treatment: Editorial a critical overview of the current myofascial pain literature–August 2019

J Dommerholt, LW Chou, T Hooks, JN Thorp - Journal of Bodywork and …, 2019 - Elsevier
This quarter's overview of the myofascial pain literature includes quite a few basic research
papers in addition to the usual high quantity of dry needling (DN) papers. Of particular …

Dexmedetomidine inhibits abnormal muscle hypertrophy of myofascial trigger points via TNF-α/ NF-κB signaling pathway in rats

M Liu, Y Liu, X Li, M Pei, M Han, F Qi - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a chronic pain disorder with inflammation-related
primarily characterized by the presence of myofascial trigger points (MTrPs). Myocyte …

Moxibustion eases chronic inflammatory visceral pain in rats via MAPK signaling pathway in the spinal cord

Y Huang, D Zhang, ZY Li, YT Yang, LJ Wu… - Journal of Pain …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore the central analgesia mechanism of
moxibustion for chronic inflammatory visceral pain (CIVP). Methods A CIVP rat model was …

Remote Dose‐Dependent Effects of Dry Needling at Distant Myofascial Trigger Spots of Rabbit Skeletal Muscles on Reduction of Substance P Levels of Proximal …

YL Hsieh, CC Yang, SY Liu, LW Chou… - BioMed Research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Dry needling at distant myofascial trigger points is an effective pain
management in patients with myofascial pain. However, the biochemical effects of remote …