Immediate effects of superficial dry needling of the trigeminal nerve innervation field for participants with cervicogenic headache. A randomized controlled trial
| Autor: | Megan Porter, David Griswold, Frank Gargano, Edmund Ickert, Ken Learman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Physiotherapy Theory and Practice. :1-9 |
| ISSN: | 1532-5040 0959-3985 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09593985.2022.2118560 |
| Popis: | Cervicogenic headache (CGH) is a common condition with a neuroanatomical basis involving the trigeminal nerve. Dry needling (DN) is a safe and effective treatment for CGH but most studies involve deep DN to cervical musculature.The aim of this study was to investigate immediate effects of superficial DN of the trigeminal nerve innervation field on numeric pain rating scale (NPRS), flexion-rotation test (FRT), cervical range of motion (AROM), and pain-pressure threshold (PPT) of right (R) and left (L) supraorbital (SO), and right (R) and left (L) greater occipital (GO) nerves in participants with CGH.A parallel controlled randomized design involving 30 participants with CGH received either superficial DN (N = 17) or sham DN (N = 13). Participants and outcome assessors were blind to group assignment. Wilcoxon signed rank analyzed within-group effects and Mann-WhitneyStatistically significant between-group differences were observed for NPRS (Superficial DN targeting the innervation field of the trigeminal nerve improves clinical outcomes in patients with CGH. Only the immediate effects were analyzed and the sample size was small. Larger, longer-term assessments are needed comparing superficial DN of the trigeminal innervation field and other conservative interventions for CGH. |
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