A single group, pretest-posttest clinical trial for the effects of dry needling on wrist flexors spasticity after stroke

Except for Jo at The Murphey Saga  I have never heard of dry needling.
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NeuroRehabilitation , Volume 40(3) , Pgs. 325-336.

NARIC Accession Number: J76248.  What's this?
ISSN: 1053-8135.
Author(s): Fakhari, Zahra; Ansari, Noureddin N.; Naghdi, Soofia; Mansouri, Korosh; Radinmehr, Hojjat.
Publication Year: 2017.
Number of Pages: 12.
Abstract: Study examined the effects of dry needling (DN) on wrist flexors spasticity after stroke. Twenty-nine patients with stroke (16 male; mean age 54.3 years) were tested at baseline (T0), immediately after DN (T1), and one hour after DN (T2). DN was applied for flexor carpi radialis (FCR) and flexor carpi ulnaris on the affected arm for single session, one minute per muscle. The Modified Modified Ashworth Scale (MMAS), passive resistance force, wrist active and passive range of motion, Box and Block Test, and FCR H-reflex were outcome measures. Significant reductions in MMAS scores were seen both immediately after DN and at 1-hour follow-up (median 2 at T0 to 1 at T1 and T2). There were significant improvements in other measures between the baseline values at T0 and those recorded immediately after the DN at T1 or one hour later at T2. Results suggest that DN reduced wrist flexors spasticity and alpha motor neuron excitability in patients with stroke, and improvements persisted for one hour after DN.
Descriptor Terms: ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, INTERVENTION, JOINTS, LIMBS, MUSCLES, SPASTICITY, STROKE.


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Citation: Fakhari, Zahra, Ansari, Noureddin N., Naghdi, Soofia, Mansouri, Korosh, Radinmehr, Hojjat. (2017). A single group, pretest-posttest clinical trial for the effects of dry needling on wrist flexors spasticity after stroke.  NeuroRehabilitation , 40(3), Pgs. 325-336. Retrieved 7/14/2017, from REHABDATA database.