ArticleThe Journal of manual & manipulative therapy2019
The relative risk to the femoral nerve as a function of patient positioning: potential implications for trigger point dry needling of the iliacus muscle.
Article in The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06257992 (Effectiveness of Dry Needling of Active Trigger Points in Neck Muscles in Patients With Chronic Cervical Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 38 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effectiveness of Dry Needling of Active Trigger Points in Neck Muscles in Patients With Chronic Cervical Pain
Who cites it
38 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Dry Needling in Sports and Sport Recovery: A Systematic Review with an Evidence Gap Map.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Pooled it
- Is dry needling effective for low back pain?: A systematic review and PRISMA-compliant meta-analysis.Medicine · 2018Pooled it
- Neurophysiological effects of latent trigger point dry needling on spinal reflexes.Journal of neurophysiology · 2025Trial
- Dry needling as an adjunct treatment to multimodal rehabilitation protocol following rotator cuff repair surgery: a preliminary, randomized sham-controlled trial.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2024Trial
- Combination of Manual Therapy and Dry Needling Effectively Improves Acute Neck Pain and Muscular Tone and Stiffness in Combat Sports Athletes: A Randomized Controlled Study.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2024Trial
- Cadaveric and Ultrasound-Guided Evaluation of Two Needling Approaches Targeting the Pectoralis Minor Muscle: A Pilot Feasibility Study.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- The utilization of dry needling - a survey of contemporary clinical practice within the USA.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2025Article
- Development and testing of a device to detect trigger points, and local twitch responses in dry needling intervention.MethodsX · 2025Article
- Intratissue percutaneous electrolysis and deep dry needling compared to a standard physiotherapy protocol in the treatment of whiplash syndrome: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2025Article
- Acupuncture Therapy for Extremity Musculoskeletal Pain: A Clinically Focused Evidence Synthesis with Therapeutic Implications.Journal of pain research · 2025Review
- Safety of dry needling in stroke patients: a scoping review.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2024Article
- Dry needling in a multimodal rehabilitation protocol following rotator cuff repair surgery: study protocol for a double-blinded randomized sham-controlled trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Assessing changes in range of motion in adolescent patients undergoing myoActivation® for chronic pain related to myofascial dysfunction: a feasibility study.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Effectiveness of Dry Needling in Patients with Hip or Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Regression Model Decreasing the Risk of Femoral Neurovascular Bundle Accidental Puncture.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 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
- Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Pain-Relieving Effects of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy: A Focus on Fascia Nociceptors.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Dry Needling in Physical Therapy Treatment of Chronic Neck Pain: Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Dry Needling Produces Mild Injuries Irrespective to Muscle Stiffness and Tension in Ex Vivo Mice Muscles.Pain research & management · 2022Article
- Effects of Dry Needling in Teres Major Muscle in Elite Handball Athletes. A Randomised Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
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