Background: Wet needling uses hollow-bore needles to deliver corticosteroids, anesthetics,
sclerosants, botulinum toxins, or other agents. In contrast, dry needling requires the insertion …

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 …

Study Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Background Myofascial pain syndrome
(MPS) is associated with hyperalgesic zones in muscle called myofascial trigger points …

Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a painful condition of myofascial trigger points (MTrPs)
in the skeletal muscle. 1 It can occur alone or in combination with other pain generators …

This article reviews the available published knowledge about the diagnosis,
pathophysiology and treatment of myofascial pain syndromes from trigger points …

Objective To determine whether dry needling of an active myofascial trigger point (MTrP)
reduces pain and alters the status of the trigger point to either a non–spontaneously tender …

The aim of this review was to describe the effects of ischemic compression and dry needling
on trigger points in the upper trapezius muscle in patients with neck pain and compare these …

Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) has been defined as a regional pain syndrome
characterized by muscle pain caused by myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) clinically. MTrP is …

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 …

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 …