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Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Effect of Dry Needling Treatment on Tibial Musculature in Combination with Neurorehabilitation Treatment in Stroke Patients: Randomized Clinical Study.

Zacarías Sánchez Milá, Jorge Velázquez Saornil, Angélica Campón Chekroun, José Manuel Barragán Casas, Raúl Frutos Llanes, Arantxa Castrillo Calvillo, Cristina López Pascua, David Rodríguez Sanz

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Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Safety of dry needling in stroke patients: a scoping review.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zacarías Sánchez MiláArea of Physiotherapy, Catholic University of Ávila, 05005 Ávila, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4129-2084
Jorge Velázquez SaornilArea of Physiotherapy, Catholic University of Ávila, 05005 Ávila, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2608-2019
Angélica Campón ChekrounArea of Physiotherapy, Catholic University of Ávila, 05005 Ávila, Spain.
José Manuel Barragán CasasArea of Physiotherapy, Catholic University of Ávila, 05005 Ávila, Spain.
Raúl Frutos LlanesArea of Physiotherapy, Catholic University of Ávila, 05005 Ávila, Spain.
Arantxa Castrillo CalvilloCentro Lescer, 28050 Madrid, Spain.
Cristina López PascuaCentro Lescer, 28050 Madrid, Spain.
David Rodríguez SanzFaculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3629-6590
Catholic University of Ávila · ESUniversidad Complutense de Madrid · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: Introducing ultrasound-guided dry needling to neurorehabilitation treatments increases the beneficial effects of therapy. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of including an ultrasound-guided dry needling session in neurorehabilitation treatment on spasticity and gait-balance quality versus neurorehabilitation treatment in subjects who had suffered a stroke. (2) Methods: A single-blind, randomized clinical trial was conducted. Thirty-six patients who had suffered a stroke in the right middle cerebral artery signed the informed consent for participation in the study. Twenty patients finally participated and were randomly assigned to the control group (neurorehabilitation treatment) or experimental group (neurorehabilitation treatment plus ultrasound-guided dry needling). Pre-treatment and post-treatment data were collected on the same day. The experimental group (n = 10) first underwent an ultrasound-guided dry needling intervention on the tibialis anterior and tibialis posterior musculature, followed by neurorehabilitation treatment; the control group (n = 10) underwent their corresponding neurorehabilitation without the invasive technique. Pre-treatment and post-treatment measurements were taken on the same day, assessing the quality of balance-gait using the "Up and Go" test and the degree of spasticity using the Modified Modified Ashworth Scale. (3) Results: The patients who received neurorehabilitation treatment plus ultrasound-guided dry needling showed a greater decrease in spasticity in the tibial musculature after the neurorehabilitation treatment session (

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Dry NeedlingNeurological RehabilitationStrokeHumansMuscle SpasticitySingle-Blind MethodTreatment Outcomeneurorehabilitationspasticitystrokeultrasound-guided dry needling

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PMID36231604
PMCPMC9564520
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