Clinical Effectiveness of Dry Needling in Patients with Musculoskeletal Pain-An Umbrella Review.

ABSTRACT: The number of systematic reviews (SR) summarizing the literature regarding the clinical effects of Dry Needling (DN) has increased rapidly. Yet, rigorous evidence about the clinical effectiveness of this technique is still lacking. The aim of this umbrella review is to summarize the evidence about the clinical effects of trigger point DN on musculoskeletal disorders across all body regions. PubMed, Web of Science and Embase were searched to identify SRs examining the effect of DN (as a stand-alone intervention or combined with another treatment modality) compared to sham/no intervention or a physical therapy (PT) intervention with at least one clinical outcome in the domain of pain or physical functioning. Risk of bias (RoB) was assessed with the AMSTAR-2 tool. Quantification of the overla

SUBMITTER: Chys M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9917679 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature