ArticleThe Journal of manual & manipulative therapy2015
Dry needling for the management of thoracic spine pain.
Article in The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Spinal collagen mesotherapy in patients with chronic thoracic back pain: a retrospective analysis of effectiveness and safety in a 3-month follow-up.Reumatologia · 2025Article
- Inferior-Medial Dry Needling at the Thoracolumbar Junction: A Cadaveric Study.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2024Article
- Correlation between Anthropometric and Ultrasound Measurement for Dry Needling of the Iliocostalis Lumborum Muscle with a Safety Protocol: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Contracture Knots vs. Trigger Points. Comment on Ball et al. Ultrasound Confirmation of the Multiple Loci Hypothesis of the Myofascial Trigger Point and the Diagnostic Importance of Specificity in the Elicitation of the Local Twitch Response.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Enhancing Trigger Point Dry Needling Safety by Ultrasound Skin-to-Rib Measurement: An inter-Rater Reliability Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Safety of dry needling to the upper lumbar spine: a pilot cadaver study.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2020Article
- New perspectives on dry needling following a medical model: are we screening our patients sufficiently?The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2019Review
- The relative risk to the femoral nerve as a function of patient positioning: potential implications for trigger point dry needling of the iliacus muscle.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2019Article
- Towards a greater appreciation of manual therapy challenges in the thoracic spine.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2015Article
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Thoracic spine pain is as disabling as neck and low back pain without receiving the same level of attention in the scientific literature. Among the different structures that can refer pain to the thoracic spine, muscles often play a relevant role. Trigger points (TrPs) from neck, shoulder and spinal muscles can induce pain in the region of the thoracic spine. There is a lack of evidence reporting the presence of TrPs in the region of the thoracic spine, but clinical evidence suggests that TrPs can be a potential source of thoracic spine pain. The current paper discusses the role of TrPs in the thoracic spine and dry needling (DN) for the management of TrPs in the thoracic multifidi and longissimus thoracis. This paper also includes a brief discussion of the application of DN in other tissues such as tendons, ligaments and scars.
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