Effectiveness of Dry Needling in Bothersome Chronic Tinnitus in Patients with Myofascial Trigger Points.

ABSTRACT: Introduction  Therapeutic dry needling (DN) is effective in reducing the discomfort of chronic somatosensory tinnitus in patients with myofascial trigger points (MTP)s. Objective  To evaluate the efficacy of DN in chronic somatosensory tinnitus discomfort in patients with MTP. Methods  Placebo-controlled paired trial that included 16 patients with a diagnosis of somatosensory chronic tinnitus and with the presence of at least one active or latent MTP. Treatment was performed in two phases: (1) four sessions (one session per week for four consecutive weeks) of placebo DN and (2) four sessions of therapeutic DN with a gap (washout) of 15 days between these phases. Results  The Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) variable and its emotional domain had a statistically

SUBMITTER: Campagna CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9122774 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature