Effectiveness of Dry Needling and Ischaemic Trigger Point Compression of the Levator Scapulae in Patients with Chronic Neck Pain: A Short-Term Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic neck pain (CNP) may be associated with latent myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) in the levator scapulae (LS), which can be treated with ischemic compression (IC) and dry needling (DN). Variables and elastography changes are evaluated to compare the short-term efficacy of two treatments with DN.

Methods

A randomized clinical trial is conducted with 80 participants in two groups: the DN group (n = 40) and IC group (n = 40). The duration is 12 weeks, and mechanical heterogeneity index, pressure pain threshold (PPT), and pain intensity are measured at baseline, immediately after, 48 h after, and one week after treatment.

Results

Statistically significant changes were immediately observed between the two groups: PPT decreased in the DN grou

SUBMITTER: Velazquez Saornil J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10573879 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature