Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Effectiveness of Dry Needling and Ischemic Trigger Point Compression in the Gluteus Medius in Patients with Non-Specific Low Back Pain: A Randomized Short-Term Clinical Trial.
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 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Treating myofascial pain with dry needling: a systematic review for the best evidence-based practices in low back pain.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2023Pooled it
- Comparing the effects of ischemic compression and kinesiology taping techniques in patients with chronic low back pain.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Dry needling of the gluteus-medius muscle, combined with standard care, for chronic low back pain - a pilot randomized sham-controlled trial.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2025Trial
- Effects of the Abdominal Draw-In Maneuver with Manual Resistance on Lumbopelvic Muscle Activity and Lateral Pelvic Tilt During Side-Lying Hip Abduction.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Anatomical Investigation of the Gluteus Medius Muscle Innervation and Its Topographical Correspondence With Myofascial Trigger Points.BioMed research international · 2026Article
- Prevalence of Myofascial Trigger Points in Patients with Radiating and Non-Radiating Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Inhibiting the JNK Signaling Pathway Attenuates Hypersensitivity and Anxiety-Like Behavior in a Rat Model of Non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of Dry Needling and Ischaemic Trigger Point Compression of the Levator Scapulae in Patients with Chronic Neck Pain: A Short-Term Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe presence of latent myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) in the gluteus medius is one of the possible causes of non-specific low back pain. Dry needling (DN) and ischemic compression (IC) techniques may be useful for the treatment of these MTrPs.
methodsFor this study, 80 participants were randomly divided into two groups: the dry needling group, who received a single session of DN to the gluteus medius muscle plus hyperalgesia (
resultsStatistically significant differences were shown between the two groups immediately after the intervention, showing a decrease in PPT (
conclusionsIC could be more advisable than DN with respect to UDP and pain intensity in the most hyperalgesic latent MTrPs of the gluteus medius muscle in subjects with non-specific low back pain, immediately after treatment. DN may be more effective than IC in terms of PPT, pain intensity, and quality of life in treating latent plus hyperalgesic gluteus medius muscle MTrPs in subjects with non-specific low back pain after 48 h and after one week of treatment.
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