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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2024

Effects of Intradermal Therapy (Mesotherapy) on Bilateral Cervicobrachial Pain.

Maurizio Ranieri, Riccardo Marvulli, Eleonora D'Alesio, Mariagrazia Riccardi, Maria Vittoria Raele, Laura Dell'Anna, Annatonia Fai, Giacomo Farì, Marisa Megna

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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Maurizio RanieriDepartment of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience (DiBraiN), Aldo Moro University, G. Cesare Place 11, 70125 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3169-3025
Riccardo MarvulliDepartment of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience (DiBraiN), Aldo Moro University, G. Cesare Place 11, 70125 Bari, Italy.
Eleonora D'AlesioDepartment of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience (DiBraiN), Aldo Moro University, G. Cesare Place 11, 70125 Bari, Italy.
Mariagrazia RiccardiDepartment of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience (DiBraiN), Aldo Moro University, G. Cesare Place 11, 70125 Bari, Italy.
Maria Vittoria RaeleDepartment of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience (DiBraiN), Aldo Moro University, G. Cesare Place 11, 70125 Bari, Italy.
Laura Dell'AnnaDepartment of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience (DiBraiN), Aldo Moro University, G. Cesare Place 11, 70125 Bari, Italy.
Annatonia FaiDepartment of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience (DiBraiN), Aldo Moro University, G. Cesare Place 11, 70125 Bari, Italy.
Giacomo FarìDepartment of Biological and Environmental Science and Technologies (Di.S.Te.B.A.), University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9953-5635
Marisa MegnaDepartment of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience (DiBraiN), Aldo Moro University, G. Cesare Place 11, 70125 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8486-103X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMesotherapy is a procedure or a process of injecting drugs into the skin. This technique can help decrease the total drug dose due to its drug-sparing effect on the systemic route and can be utilized to treat nonspecific neck pain that occurs in the lateral and posterior neck.

methodsTen patients with bilateral cervicobrachial pain were recruited and evaluated at T0 before treatments, T1 at the end of the treatment (42 days after T0), and T2 (72 days after T0). Assessments consisted of performing the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) to evaluate pain evolution; a range of movement (ROM) and Bilateral trapezius' tone, elasticity, and dynamic stiffness mensuration were performed using MyotonPro

resultsVAS value statistically decreased at T1 and T2; ROM of neck flexion statistically increased at T1 and T2, and miometric tone and stiffness value statistically improved at T1 and T2.

conclusionmesotherapy with Diclofenac Sodium reduced pain intensity and improved functional outcomes, with no significant adverse effects in patients with myofascial pain syndrome of cervicobrachial localization.

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cervicobrachial pain syndromelocal intradermal therapymesotherapymiometric measurementmuscular stiffnessmyofascial pain syndromerange of motion

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PMCPMC10817508

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