Adverse events following trigger point dry needling: A prospective survey of chartered physiotherapists

Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 134-140

  Brady, Sarah ^a   McEvoy, Johnson ^b   Dommerholt, Jan ^c   Doody, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Dry needling; Myofascial pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLAUSTROPHOBIA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DROWSINESS; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; INJECTION SITE CONTUSION; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; IRELAND; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRIGGER POINT DRY NEEDLING;

EID: 84904465248     PISSN: 10669817     EISSN: 20426186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2042618613Y.0000000044     Document Type: Article

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