PMID- 28167189
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20171002
LR  - 20171002
IS  - 1532-9283 (Electronic)
IS  - 1360-8592 (Linking)
VI  - 21
IP  - 1
DP  - 2017 Jan
TI  - Neurophysiological and clinical effects of dry needling in patients with upper 
      trapezius myofascial trigger points.
PG  - 48-52
LID - S1360-8592(16)30053-5 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jbmt.2016.04.014 [doi]
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Dry needling (DN) is a widely used in treatment of myofascial 
      trigger points (MTrPs). The purpose of this pretest-posttest clinical trial was 
      to investigate the neurophysiological and clinical effects of DN in patients with 
      MTrPs. METHODS: A sample of 20 patients (3 man, 17 women; mean age 31.7 +/- 10.8) 
      with upper trapezius MTrPs received one session of deep DN. The outcomes of 
      neuromuscular junction response (NMJR), sympathetic skin response (SSR), pain 
      intensity (PI) and pressure pain threshold (PPT) were measured at baseline and 
      immediately after DN. RESULTS: There were significant improvements in SSR latency 
      and amplitude, pain, and PPT after DN. The NMJR decreased and returned to normal 
      after DN. CONCLUSIONS: A single session of DN to the active upper trapezius MTrP 
      was effective in improving pain, PPT, NMJR, and SSR in patients with myofascial 
      trigger points. Further studies are needed.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Abbaszadeh-Amirdehi, Maryam
AU  - Abbaszadeh-Amirdehi M
AD  - Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Babol University of 
      Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran. Electronic address: 
      abbaszadeh_m@alumnus.tums.ac.ir.
FAU - Ansari, Noureddin Nakhostin
AU  - Ansari NN
AD  - Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of 
      Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Naghdi, Soofia
AU  - Naghdi S
AD  - Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of 
      Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Olyaei, Gholamreza
AU  - Olyaei G
AD  - Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of 
      Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Nourbakhsh, Mohammad Reza
AU  - Nourbakhsh MR
AD  - Department of Physical Therapy, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, Georgia, 
      USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Clinical Trial
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20160414
PL  - United States
TA  - J Bodyw Mov Ther
JT  - Journal of bodywork and movement therapies
JID - 9700068
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Electromyography
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Myofascial Pain Syndromes/*therapy
MH  - *Needles
MH  - Pain Measurement
MH  - Pain Threshold
MH  - *Physical Therapy Modalities
MH  - Skin/physiopathology
MH  - Superficial Back Muscles/*physiopathology
MH  - Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
MH  - Trigger Points/*physiopathology
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Dry needling
OT  - Myofascial trigger point
OT  - Neuromuscular junction response
OT  - Sympathetic skin response
EDAT- 2017/02/09 06:00
MHDA- 2017/10/03 06:00
CRDT- 2017/02/08 06:00
PHST- 2015/06/22 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/11/09 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2016/04/02 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/02/08 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/02/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/10/03 06:00 [medline]
AID - S1360-8592(16)30053-5 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jbmt.2016.04.014 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2017 Jan;21(1):48-52. doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2016.04.014. Epub 
      2016 Apr 14.