Physiotherapia Croatica, Vol. 20 No. 1, 2022.
Original scientific paper
Application of dry needling technique for cervical pain treatment
Kristina Šego Bionda
; Klinička bolnica ‘’Sveti Duh’’, Zagreb,
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction: Neck pain is a significant socio-economic
burden as it is a common cause of seeking help within
the health system and reduces the quality of life of such
patients. The presence of myofascial trigger points in the
muscles of the neck region may be the cause of such
pain. One of the techniques used by physiotherapists in
the treatment of myofascial pain, including neck pain, is
dry needling or dry puncture.
Aim: The aim is to establish the effectiveness of dry
needling in the treatment of cervical pain associated
with myofascial trigger points.
Materials and methods:The Medline database (PubMed)
was searched using the key words dry needling and
neck pain, and dry needling and cervical pain, and the
Croatian Scientific Bibliography-Bibliographic Database
using the key words dry needling and suha punkcija.
Eight papers were selected by analysis of complete
texts.
Results: A review of the available literature shows that
the use of dry needling for neck pain is effective in
reducing pain and other measured parameters, although
the level of evidence for the conclusions reached is low
to moderate.
Conclusion: There is a visible need for quality research
that would offer a higher level of evidence on the
effectiveness of this technique
Keywords
dry needling, neck pain, cervical pain, trigger points
Hrčak ID:
285848
URI
Publication date:
23.5.2022.
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