Ultrasound-guided dry needling decreases pain in patients with piriformis syndrome.
Muscle Nerve
; 60(5): 558-565, 2019 11.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Piriformis muscle syndrome (PMS) is a disorder that can lead to symptoms of buttock pain and limited hip-joint mobility, and may have an impact on quality of life.METHODS:
Thirty-two patients with PMS were randomized to the treatment group, which included three sessions of ultrasound-guided dry needling (DN) of the piriformis muscle (n = 16), or a waitlist control group (n = 16). The primary outcome was pain intensity measured on the visual analog scale recorded at baseline and then at 72 hours and 1 week after treatment.RESULTS:
At 1-week follow-up, pain intensity was significantly less in the DN group than in the waitlist control group (-2.16 [-1.01 to -3.32], P = .007) by an amount consistent with clinically meaningful improvement.DISCUSSION:
The findings suggest that DN resulted in clinically meaningful short-term improvement in pain intensity of patients with PMS.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Síndrome del Músculo Piriforme
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Punción Seca
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Muscle Nerve
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Irán