Study Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Background An increasing number of
physical therapists in the United States and throughout the world are using dry needling to …

Introduction: Central sensitization (CS) is present in a variety of chronic pain disorders,
including whiplash, temporomandibular disorders, low back pain, osteoarthritis …

Abstract The Royal Dutch Society for Physical Therapy (KNGF) issued a clinical practice
guideline for physical therapists that addresses the assessment and treatment of patients …

Background Neck pain is one of the three most frequently reported complaints of the
musculoskeletal system. Treatments for neck pain are varied, as are perceptions of benefit …

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 …

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 …

Study Design Randomized clinical study. Objectives To compare the effects of trigger point
(TrP) dry needling (DN) and TrP manual therapy (MT) on pain, function, pressure pain …

Purpose To summarise recommendations about 21 selected non-surgical interventions for
recent onset (< 12 weeks) non-specific neck pain (NP) and cervical radiculopathy (CR) …

Objective To evaluate the effect of dry needling into a myofascial trigger point (MTrP) in the
lower trapezius muscle of patients with mechanical idiopathic neck pain. Design A single …

Study Design Systematic review. Background Neck pain is a common diagnosis in the
physical therapy setting, yet there is no gold standard for treatment. This study is part of a …