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ArticleInternational journal of sports physical therapy2017

SPINAL AND PERIPHERAL DRY NEEDLING VERSUS PERIPHERAL DRY NEEDLING ALONE AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITH A HISTORY OF LATERAL ANKLE SPRAIN: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL.

Ainsley Rossi, Sara Blaustein, Joshua Brown, Kari Dieffenderfer, Elaine Ervin, Steven Griffin, Elizabeth Frierson, Kathleen Geist, Marie Johanson

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Article in International journal of sports physical therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  3. Ultrasonographic Validation for Needle Placement in the Tibialis Posterior Muscle.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2021
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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ainsley RossiDivision of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Sara BlausteinDivision of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Joshua BrownDivision of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Kari DieffenderferDivision of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Elaine ErvinDivision of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Steven GriffinDivision of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Elizabeth FriersonDivision of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Kathleen GeistDivision of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Marie JohansonDivision of Physical Therapy, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
Emory University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn addition to established interventions, dry needling may reduce impairments leading to greater functional abilities for individuals following ankle sprain. HYPOTHESIS/PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to compare effects of spinal and peripheral dry needling (DN) with peripheral DN alone on impairments and functional performance among individuals with a history of lateral ankle sprain. STUDY

designRandomized controlled trial.

methodsTwenty individuals with a history of lateral ankle sprain (18 bilateral, 2 unilateral) participated in this study (4 males, 16 females; mean age 28.9 + /- 9.2 years). During the first of two sessions, participants completed the Foot and Ankle Disability Index (FADI) and the Cumberland Ankle Instability Tool (CAIT) and their strength, unilateral balance, and unilateral hop test performance was assessed. Participants were randomly assigned to a spinal and peripheral DN group (SPDN), or a peripheral only DN group (PDN). Participants in the SPDN site group received DN to bilateral L5 multifidi and fibularis longus and brevis muscles on the involved lower extremity. Participants in the PDN group received DN to the fibularis muscles alone. Participants' strength, balance and hop test performance were reassessed immediately following the intervention, and at follow-up 6-7 days later, all outcome measures were reassessed. Three-way mixed model ANOVAs and Mann-Whitney U tests assessed between group differences for outcome variables with normal distributions and non-normal distributions, respectively.

resultsANOVAs showed significant group by time interaction (p<0.05) for invertor strength, significant side by group and time by group interactions (p<0.05) for plantarflexor-evertor strength, no significant findings for dorsiflexor-invertor strength, significant side by time interaction (p<0.05) for unilateral balance, significant main effect of time (p<0.05) for triple hop for distance test, and significant main effect of side (p<0.05) for the CAIT. Mann-Whitney U tests showed no significance (p>0.05) for the side hop test or FADI.

conclusionThe results suggest that DN of the multifidi in addition to fibularis muscles does not result in improvements in strength, unilateral balance or unilateral hop test performance, compared to DN the fibularis muscles alone among individuals with a history of ankle sprain.

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Dry needlingfunctional performance testslateral ankle sprain

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PMID29234555
PMCPMC5717479
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