Dry-needling and exercise for chronic whiplash-Associated disorders: A randomized single-blind placebo-controlled trial

Pain

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 635-643

  Sterling, Michele ^a   Vicenzino, Bill ^b   Souvlis, Tina ^c,d   Connelly, Luke B ^b,e  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Healthindustrycomau Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central sensitization; Dry needling; Exercise; Whiplash Associated disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DRY NEEDLING; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAPE; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NECK MUSCLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUEENSLAND; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIZATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; WHIPLASH INJURY; ACUPUNCTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 84952331845     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.j.pain.0000460359.40116.c1     Document Type: Article

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