ArticleThe Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association2015
Improvement in clinical outcomes after dry needling in a patient with occipital neuralgia.
Article in The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03583190 (Comparing the Use of Cervical-Cranial Dry Needling With Orthopedic Manual Therapy to the Cervical Spine for Cervicogenic Headache), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Comparing the Use of Cervical-Cranial Dry Needling With Orthopedic Manual Therapy to the Cervical Spine for Cervicogenic Headache: A Multi-center RCT With 1-Year Follow Up
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effects of acupuncture on occipital neuralgia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2020Pooled it
- Dry needling for spine related disorders: a scoping review.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2020Article
- Immediate Effects of Paraspinal Dry Needling in Patients with Acute Facet Joint Lock Induced Wry Neck.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2017Article
- PERTINENT DRY NEEDLING CONSIDERATIONS FOR MINIMIZING ADVERSE EFFECTS - PART TWO.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2016Article
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Abstract
The primary purpose of this case report is to outline the diagnosis, intervention and clinical outcome of a patient presenting with occipital neuralgia. Upon initial presentation, the patient described a four-year history of stabbing neck pain and headaches. After providing informed consent, the patient underwent a total of four dry needling (DN) sessions over a two-week duration. During each of the treatment sessions, needles were inserted into the trapezii and suboccipital muscles. Post-intervention, the patient reported a 32-point change in her neck disability index score along with a 28-point change in her headache disability index score. Thus, it appears that subsequent four sessions of DN over two weeks, our patient experienced meaningful improvement in her neck pain and headaches. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report describing DN to successfully improve clinical outcomes in a patient diagnosed with occipital neuralgia.
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