Superficial Dry Needling and Active Stretching in the Treatment of Myofascial Pain - A Randomised Controlled Trial

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 80-86

  Edwards, Janet ^a   Knowles, Nicola ^b  

^a School of Health and Social Science Coventry University ^*

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Myofascial pain; Myofascial trigger point; Randomised controlled trial; Superficial dry needling, active stretching exercise

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STRETCHING; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0242542701     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.21.3.80     Document Type: Article

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