Dry needling for management of pain in the upper quarter and craniofacial region

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Kietrys, David M ^a   Palombaro, Kerstin M ^b   Mannheimer, Jeffrey S ^c,d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital at Dartmouth   (United States)

^d Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniofacial pain; Dry needling; Myofascial pain; Myofascial trigger point; Orofacial pain; Temporomandibular joint dysfunction

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANALGESIA; CRANIOFACIAL PAIN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRY NEEDLING; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MYALGIA; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NEEDLE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; REFERRED PAIN; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; THERAPY EFFECT; TRIGGER POINT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACIAL PAIN; META ANALYSIS; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FACIAL PAIN; HUMANS; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NEEDLES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGGER POINTS;

EID: 84901861534     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-014-0437-0     Document Type: Review

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