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Diagnostic requirements are necessary before dry needling in the treatment of chronic pain.

February 23, 2022
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Diagnostic requirements are necessary before dry needling in the treatment of chronic pain.

Pain. 2015 Sep;156(9):1827

Authors: Fleckenstein J

PMID: 26292000 [PubMed – as supplied by publisher]

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