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Integrative & Complementary Medicine
Luis Ceballos-Laita, Sandra Jimenez-del-Barrio, Javier Marin-Zurdo, Alejandro Moreno-Calvo, Javier Marin-Bone, Maria Isabel Albarova-Corral, Elena Estebanez-de-Miguel
Summary: The study found that dry needling intervention was more effective than self-stretching in improving the extensibility of hip flexor and abductor muscles. Both dry needling and self-stretching techniques improved the extensibility of hip extensor muscles, as well as reducing pain, stiffness, and improving physical function in patients with hip OA.
COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
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Robert A. Farrow, Mark Newberry, Tony Zitek, Jackie Farrow, Oren J. Mechanic, Michael Rosselli
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JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE
(2023)
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Seoyoung Lee, In-Seon Lee, Younbyoung Chae
Summary: This study explored the relationship between acupuncture points and myofascial trigger points (TPs) and found that TPs are closely related to Ashi points. However, TPs also share some features with other acupuncture points, making it difficult to clarify their relationship with other subgroups.
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
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Clinical Neurology
Zengqiao Zhang, Wu Wang, Yongjia Song, Tianjun Zhai, Yan Zhu, Liming Jiang, Qunfeng Li, Lei Jin, Kunpeng Li, Wei Feng
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FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
(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
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
(2021)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Eva Maria Martinez-Jimenez, Raquel Jimenez-Fernandez, Inmaculada Corral-Liria, David Rodriguez-Sanz, Cesar Calvo-Lobo, Daniel Lopez-Lopez, Eduardo Perez-Boal, Bibiana Trevisson-Redondo, Jessica Grande-del-Arco
Summary: This study found that latent myofascial trigger points improved pain pressure threshold after calf MIT, but there was no change in ankle dorsiflexion with knee bent or knee flexed in healthy subjects.
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Orthopedics
Philip B. Kaiser, Cornelia Keyser, Alexander M. Crawford, Eric M. Bluman, Jeremy T. Smith, Christopher P. Chiodo
Summary: The clinical outcomes of a home stretching protocol and formal physical therapy for the treatment of plantar fasciitis were comparable.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
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)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Thomas Perreault, Andrew Ball, Jan Dommerholt, Robert Theiss, Cesar Fernandez-de-las-Penas, Raymond Butts
Summary: This article provides a scoping review of the current evidence on the mechanisms of intramuscular electrical stimulation (IMES) to trigger points (TrPs). The included studies suggest that IMES can regulate muscle blood flow, decrease endplate noise of TrPs, and produce analgesic effects. However, the limited amount and quality of available evidence make it difficult to determine the clinical implications of IMES to TrPs.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
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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.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Qianqian Liu, Wenwen Zhang, Tian Tian, Yu Liu, He Bai, Qiya Hu, Feng Qi
Summary: Cough variant asthma (CVA) is a chronic inflammatory airway disease characterized by airway hyper-responsiveness, with cough as the only symptom. This study investigated the efficacy and safety of latent MTrPs injection therapy in CVA, demonstrating that it provided long-lasting, practical, and safe treatment for CVA.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2023)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Piotr Ozog, Magdalena Weber-Rajek, Agnieszka Radziminska, Aleksander Goch
Summary: This study aimed to assess changes in resting activity of selected muscles within the thoracolumbar fascia (TLF) in chronic low-back pain (CLBP) patients after a single myofascial release (MFR) treatment. The results showed a significant decrease in the activity of erector spinae (ES) and multifidus muscles (MF) after the therapy, with effects sustained one month post-treatment.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Maira Rezende Formenton, Karine Portier, Beatriz Ribeiro Gaspar, Lisa Gauthier, Lin Tchia Yeng, Denise Tabacchi Fantoni
Summary: This study examined the number and location of trigger points in police working dogs, finding a higher percentage of trigger points in the spinal and hind limb muscles, especially on the right side. These findings can help improve methods to prevent muscle pain and reduce early retirement in police working dogs.
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Clinical Neurology
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)