Dry needling for spine related disorders: A scoping review
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Authors
Funk, Matthew F.
Issue Date
2022-03-28
Type
Other
Language
en_US
Keywords
Dry needling , Spine related disorders , Scoping review
Alternative Title
Abstract
The depth and breadth of research on dry needling (DN) has not previously been evaluated for symptomatic spine related disorders (SRD) from myofascial trigger points (TrP), disc, nerve and articular structures that are not due to serious pathologies. Current literature appears to generally support DN for treatment of TrP. The authors performed a scoping review on DN conducted following Levac et al.’s [1] five part framework to determine the current state of the literature regarding DN for patients with SRD. This poster identifies the research on DN treatment for SRD, and describes treatment sites, frequency of treatment and outcomes studied.