Trial reportJournal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.)2020
Dry Cupping, Ischemic Compression, or Their Combination for the Treatment of Trigger Points: A Pilot Randomized Trial.
Trial report in Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Comparative Effects of Dry Needling and Ischemic Compression Technique on Pain, Disability and Range of Motion With Scalene Myofascial Pain Syndrome
Effects of Core Stabilization Exercises With and Without Dry Cupping on Pain and Disability in Patients With Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction
Effects of Manual Ischemic Compression With and Without Strain Counter Strain Technique on Sternocleidomastoid Tightness With Forward Head Posture
Comparative Effects of Theragun Percussion Therapy and Compression Therapy on Pain, Neck Range of Motion and Quality of Life in The Patients With Migraine
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- Massage for neck pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of dry cupping on exercise, autonomic activity and sleep in baseball players during preseason and in-season conditioning.PloS one · 2025Trial
- Efficacy of Combination Therapies on Neck Pain and Muscle Tenderness in Male Patients with Upper Trapezius Active Myofascial Trigger Points.BioMed research international · 2020Trial
- Duration-dependent effects of dry cupping on autonomic modulation and trapezius tissue compliance in smartphone users: a dose-finding study.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Review
- Effect of myofascial cupping vs integrated neuromuscular inhibition techniques on pain and neck movement in individuals with latent trigger point in trapezius.Hong Kong physiotherapy journal : official publication of the Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association Limited = Wu li chih liao · 2023Article
- Cupping alleviates lung injury through the adenosine/AHeliyon · 2022Article
- Acupuncture as Part of Multimodal Analgesia for Chronic Pain.Orthopedic reviews · 2022Article
- Combined Effects of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy and Integrated Neuromuscular Inhibition on Myofascial Trigger Points of Upper Trapezius: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2021Article
- Efficacy of Dry Needling and Acupuncture in the Treatment of Neck Pain.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2021Review
- Pressing Intervention Promotes the Skeletal Muscle Repair of Traumatic Myofascial Trigger Points in Rats.Journal of pain research · 2021Article
- Influence of quantified dry cupping on soft tissue compliance in athletes with myofascial pain syndrome.PloS one · 2020Article
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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