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Corrigendum to: "Localization of Muscle Edema and Changes on Muscle Contractility After Dry Needling of Latent Trigger Points in the Gastrocnemius Muscle", Pain Medicine, Volume 20, Issue 7, July 2019, Pages 1387-1394, https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pny306.
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Lumbar erector spinae plane block associated with dry needling could be a winning strategy in the management of low back pain.
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Effect of Dry Needling Injection and Kinesiotaping on Pain and Quality of Life in Patients with Mechanical Neck Pain.
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Dry Needling: Is It Derived From Acupuncture? How Did Nonacupuncturists Start Using It?
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Effects Of Heat-Conduction Dry Needling Therapy On TRPV1 Channel In Rats.
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Comparison of the efficacy of dry needling and trigger point injections with exercise in temporomandibular myofascial pain treatment.
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Cadaveric and ultrasonographic validation of needling placement in the obliquus capitis inferior muscle.
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Nonpharmacological Treatment of Army Service Members with Chronic Pain Is Associated with Fewer Adverse Outcomes After Transition to the Veterans Health Administration.
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