Myofascial pain syndrome is a pain condition characterized by the presence of trigger
points. Current evidence, mostly experimental studies, clearly supports a role of trigger …

During the past decades, worldwide clinical and scientific interest in dry needling (DN)
therapy has grown exponentially. Various clinical effects have been credited to dry needling …

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

This article reviews the available published knowledge about the diagnosis,
pathophysiology and treatment of myofascial pain syndromes from trigger points …

Study Design A randomized controlled clinical trial. Objective To investigate the effects of
trigger point (TrP) manual therapy combined with a self-stretching program for the …

Study Design Randomized clinical study. Objectives To compare the effects of trigger point
(TrP) dry needling (DN) and TrP manual therapy (MT) on pain, function, pressure pain …

Study Design Randomized clinical trial. Objectives To determine the effects of trigger point
dry needling (TrPDN) on neck pain, widespread pressure pain sensitivity, and cervical range …

Objective To evaluate the effect of dry needling into a myofascial trigger point (MTrP) in the
lower trapezius muscle of patients with mechanical idiopathic neck pain. Design A single …

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 …

Trigger points (TrP) are hyperirritable spots in a taut band of a skeletal muscle, which usually
have referred pain. There is controversy over whether TrP are a peripheral or central …