Comparing two dry needling interventions for plantar heel pain: a randomised controlled trial.

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Effectiveness of dry needling for upper extremity spasticity, quality of life and function in subacute phase stroke patients.

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Management of Congenital Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction with Probing, Experience in a Mexican Eye Center.

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Needling: is there a point?

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Comments on Aydin et al: The Effectiveness of Dry Needling and Exercise Therapy in Patients with Dizziness Caused by Cervical Myofascial Pain Syndrome; a Prospective Randomized Clinical Study.

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Effects of pain neuroscience education and dry needling for the management of patients with chronic myofascial neck pain: a randomized clinical trial.

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Intense retroauricular lymphadenopathy post-microneedling.

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Adverse events in dry needling and mesotherapy treatment for localized myofascial and muscoloskeletal pain.

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Treatment review for male pattern hair-loss.

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Cadaveric and in vivo validation of needle placement in the medial pterygoid muscle.

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Changes in Muscle Tone, Function, and Pain in the Chronic Hemiparetic Shoulder after Dry Needling Within or Outside Trigger Points in Stroke Patients: A Crossover Randomized Clinical Trial.

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Short-Term Effects of PENS versus Dry Needling in Subjects with Unilateral Mechanical Neck Pain and Active Myofascial Trigger Points in Levator Scapulae Muscle: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

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Ultrasound-Guided Inactivation of Trigger Points Combined with Muscle Fascia Stripping by Liquid Knife in Treatment of Postherpetic Neuralgia Complicated with Abdominal Myofascial Pain Syndrome: A Prospective and Controlled Clinical Study.

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Effects of dry needling on pain, pressure pain threshold and psychological distress in patients with mild to moderate hip osteoarthritis: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.

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A critical overview of the current myofascial pain literature – January 2020.

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Novel application of dry needling for neuropathic myofascial ankle pain and dysfunction following insidious integumentary infection: A case report.

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Successful treatment of persistent hiccups with myofascial trigger point dry needling: a case report.

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Effects of dry needling on post-stroke brain activity and muscle spasticity of the upper limb: a case report.

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Bicanalicular Intubation to Repair Canalicular Laceration Guided by 6-0 Prolene with Pigtail Probe.

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Effects of dry needling technique into trigger points of the sternocleidomastoid muscle in migraine headache: A randomized controlled trial.

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