Effectiveness of dry needling combined with eccentric strength training in lateral epicondylalgia with trigger points
Sukumar Shanmugam,
Lawrence Mathias,
Ramprasad Muthukrishnan
et al.
Abstract:IntroductionLateral epicondylalgia (LE) is commonly presented with myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) among adults. Dry needling (DN) is used less frequently as a first-line treatment in LE with trigger points, and the short and long-term effectiveness of DN in these populations were not studied. Hence, this study compared the effectiveness of DN with conventional physiotherapy in the population of LE with myofascial trigger points.MethodsFor four weeks, the experimental group (<i>n</i> = 19) receiv… Show more
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