A Systematic Appraisal of Conflicts of Interest and Researcher Allegiance in Clinical Studies of Dry Needling for Musculoskeletal Pain Disorders

Phys Ther. 2023 Jun 5;103(6):pzad023. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzad023. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency and methods of conflicts of interest (COI) reporting in published dry needling (DN) studies and to determine the frequency of researcher allegiance (RA). METHODS: A pragmatic systematic search was undertaken to identify DN studies that were […]