ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2020
Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Needle Electrolysis in Dancers with Chronic Soleus Injury: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06713200 (Effectiveness of Percutaneous Electrolysis in Subacute and Early Chronic Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle Injuries), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effectiveness of Percutaneous Electrolysis in Subacute and Early Chronic Medial Gastrocnemius Muscle Injuries: A Single-Blinded Randomized Clinical Trial.
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of different intensities of percutaneous electrolysis for musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of percutaneous electrolysis in subacute and early chronic medial gastrocnemius muscle injuries: a single-blinded randomized clinical trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Trial
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS), Interferential Current (IFC) and Percutaneous Needle Electrolysis (PNE) in the treatment of sports-related pain: a scoping review with an evidence gap map.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Ultrasound-guided percutaneous needle electrolysis for musculoskeletal injuries: A scoping review considering implications for athletic populations.South African journal of sports medicine · 2026Review
- Percutaneous Electrolysis for Musculoskeletal Disorders Management in Rehabilitation Settings: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Quantitative Ultrasound Characterization of Intensity-Dependent Changes in Muscle Tissue During Percutaneous Electrolysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Problems in Diagnosis and Treatment of Soleus Muscle Injuries-Narrative Review and Case Report.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Galvanic current activates the NLRP3 inflammasome to promote Type I collagen production in tendon.eLife · 2022Article
- Muscular Echovariation as a New Biomarker for the Classification of Soleus Muscle Pathology: A Cross-Sectional Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Ultrasound Imaging Evaluation of Textural Features in Athletes with Soleus Pathology-A Novel Case-Control Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- M-Mode Ultrasound Examination of Soleus Muscle in Healthy Subjects: Intra- and Inter-Rater Reliability Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Damage to intramuscular tendons is very common in sports injuries, specifically in soleus muscle injuries. This study sought to compare the effects of applying ultrasound- (US-) guided percutaneous needle electrolysis (PNE) in combination with an eccentric exercise program on pain and functionality in dancers with chronic soleus injury, located in the central tendon. Thirty dancers with injured central tendon of the soleus muscle were randomly allocated to a PNE group (
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