What Is the Acute Effect of Dry Needling on the Active Trigger Points of Upper Trapezius Muscle? The Effect of Eliciting Local Twitch Response on Clinical Outcomes

Purpose: Dry needling has been introduced as an effective method to treat the upper trapezius myofascial pain. Muscle damage after receiving the local twitch response can increase the risk of tissue fibrosis in some cases. This study aimed to investigate how the clinical parameters change after dry...

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Main Authors: Iman Kamali Hakim, Ismail Ebrahimi Takamjani, Javad Sarrafzadeh, Kamran Ezzati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Negah Institute for Scientific Communication 2017-04-01
Series:Physical Treatments
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Online Access:http://ptj.uswr.ac.ir/article-1-322-en.html