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 …

Objective The main objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine
the short-, medium-, and long-term effectiveness of dry needling (DN) applied by physical …

Question What is the effectiveness and what are the adverse effects. Design Systematic
review with meta-analysis. Participants Patients with shoulder or upper extremity pain or …

Background: Trigger point dry needling (TDN) is commonly used to treat musculoskeletal
pain related to myofascial trigger points (MTrPs). To date, no systematic review of high …

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

Background Plantar heel pain can be managed with dry needling of myofascial trigger
points; however, there is only poor-quality evidence supporting its use. Objective The …

Background: To evaluate the effect of trigger point dry needling alone or as an adjunct with
other interventions on pain and related disability in people with knee pain. Methods: Several …

Objective: This meta-analysis evaluated the effect of dry needling alone or combined with
other treatment interventions on pain, related-disability, pressure pain sensitivity, and …

Objectives: Trigger point dry needling (TrP-DN) is commonly used to treat persons with
myofascial pain, but no studies currently exist investigating its safety. The aim of this study …

Dry needling is a common treatment technique in orthopedic manual physical therapy.
Although various dry needling approaches exist, the more common and best supported …