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Rocio Garcia-de-la-Banda-Garcia, Irene Cortes-Perez, Maria Del Rocio Ibancos-Losada, Maria Del Carmen Lopez-Ruiz, Esteban Obrero-Gaitan, Maria Catalina Osuna-Perez
Summary: Dry needling and manual therapy have similar effects in improving pain, active maximal mouth opening, cervical disability, and pressure-pain threshold in patients with myofascial temporomandibular disorders.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Luis Martin-Sacristan, Cesar Calvo-Lobo, Daniel Pecos-Martin, Josue Fernandez-Carnero, Jose Luis Alonso-Perez
Summary: The study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of deep dry needling (DDN) on active myofascial trigger points (MTrPs), latent MTrPs, and non-MTrP locations in reducing pain and cervical disability in patients with chronic neck pain. The results showed that DDN applied on active MTrPs in the upper trapezius muscle significantly reduced pain intensity after 1 week and 1 month compared to DDN applied on non-MTrP or latent MTrP locations.
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Luis Ceballos-Laita, Ricardo Medrano-de-la-Fuente, Elena Estebanez-De-Miguel, Jorge Moreno-Cervino, Maria Teresa Mingo-Gomez, Ignacio Hernando-Garijo, Sandra Jimenez-del-Barrio
Summary: The study showed that a single session of dry needling in the teres major muscle was effective in improving pain intensity, internal rotation range of motion, and extensibility in handball athletes with shoulder pain, but had no significant effects on isometric strength.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
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Maria Benito-de-Pedro, Cesar Calvo-Lobo, Daniel Lopez-Lopez, Ana Isabel Benito-de-Pedro, Carlos Romero-Morales, Marta San-Antolin, Davinia Vicente-Campos, David Rodriguez-Sanz
Summary: The study showed that DDN had a significant reduction in superficial EMG measurement differences at a speed of 1 m/s immediately after treatment for latent MTrPs, compared to ICT. This suggests that DDN may be more effective for triathletes training at lower speeds, while ICT could be more advisable for those training or competing at higher speeds.
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Biology
Eva Maria Martinez-Jimenez, Marta Elena Losa-Iglesias, Marta San Antolin-Gil, Daniel Lopez-Lopez, Carlos Romero-Morales, Maria Benito-de-Pedro, Cesar Calvo-Lobo, Ricardo Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo
Summary: The study found that after dry needling treatment for flexor digitorum brevis muscle trigger points, midfoot and forefoot pressures increased, while rearfoot maximum pressure decreased.
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Albert Perez-Bellmunt, Oriol Casasayas-Cos, Carlos Lopez-de-Celis, Jacobo Rodriguez-Sanz, Jorge Rodriguez-Jimenez, Sara Ortiz-Miguel, Toni Meca-Rivera, Cesar Fernandez-de-las-Penas
Summary: This study found that a single session of dry needling can improve three viscoelastic parameters in the lateral gastrocnemius, decrease pressure pain sensitivity, but has no significant effect on strength and range of motion.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
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Rehabilitation
Kayleigh De Meulemeester, Patrick Calders, Barbara Cagnie
Summary: This study found no immediate effects of dry needling on the electrophysiology of the upper trapezius muscle, compared with sham needling. Significant low to moderate Spearman correlations were found between surface electromyography activity and pain levels after dry needling treatment.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION
(2022)
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Qingguang Liu, Qiangmin Huang, Lin Liu, Thi-Tham Nguyen
Summary: The study found that dry needling under needle electromyography guidance technique showed greater improvements in maintaining pain relief and lower spontaneous muscle activities in myofascial trigger points compared to dry needling alone.
JOURNAL OF PAIN RESEARCH
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Malgorzata Kulesa-Mrowiecka, Joanna Piech, Tadeusz S. Gazdzik
Summary: The study revealed generalized joint hypermobility in patients with TMD, showing that physiotherapy can significantly reduce myofascial pain and restore TMJ coordination in patients with HJS.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
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Integrative & Complementary Medicine
Juan Antonio Valera-Calero, Sandra Sanchez-Jorge, Jorge Buffet-Garcia, Umut Varol, Cesar Fernandez-de-Las-Penas, Javier Alvarez-Gonzalez
Summary: This study found that a single session of DN or sham DN applied to active MTrPs located in the upper trapezius muscle produced no detectable changes in stiffness at the MTrP or control locations. Real DN induced an immediate analgesic response at both MTrP and control locations, while sham DN induced an immediate MTrP response.
ACUPUNCTURE IN MEDICINE
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Juan Dib-Zakkour, Javier Flores-Fraile, Javier Montero-Martin, Sara Dib-Zakkour, Ibrahim Dib-Zaitun
Summary: The study found that the deep dry needling technique is effective in treating temporomandibular disorders by reducing pain and improving muscle activity.
MEDICINA-LITHUANIA
(2022)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Martina Ferrillo, Amerigo Giudice, Nicola Marotta, Francesco Fortunato, Daniela Di Venere, Antonio Ammendolia, Pietro Fiore, Alessandro de Sire
Summary: Temporomandibular disorders (TMD) are musculoskeletal diseases affecting the jaw muscles and temporomandibular joints. Chronic TMD can be considered as a condition with chronic primary orofacial pain. The main objectives of treatment are to decrease pain, improve jaw joint function, and reduce muscle spasms and pain.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Jorge Velazquez Saornil, Zacarias Sanchez Mila, Angelica Campon Chekroun, Jose Manuel Barragan Casas, Raul Frutos Llanes, David Rodriguez Sanz
Summary: This study demonstrates the superiority of dry needling (DN) in treating chronic neck pain, showing better efficacy in pain intensity, mechanical heterogeneity index, and pressure pain threshold (PPT), especially at 48 hours and one week after treatment initiation.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
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Malin Ernberg, Hajer Jasim, Karin Wahlen, Bijar Ghafouri
Summary: This study aimed to compare plasma protein levels and interactions in patients with myogenous temporomandibular disorders (TMDM) compared to healthy controls, as well as between two TMDM subgroups (myalgia and myofascial pain), and to explore associations with clinical data.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
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Integrative & Complementary Medicine
Sergio Montero Navarro, Sonia del Rio Medina, Jose Martin Botella Rico, Maria Isabel Rocha Ortiz, Maria Teresa Perez Gracia
Summary: Superficial or deep dry needling at MTrP 1 in the upper trapezius led to increased pain pressure threshold and changes in cervical range of motion. However, there were no statistically significant changes observed in PPT or goniometry measurements following a single intervention.
ACUPUNCTURE IN MEDICINE
(2022)