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Dry needling for the management of spasticity, pain, and range of movement in adults after stroke: A systematic review by Rafael Valencia-Chulián; Alberto M. Heredia-Rizo; Jose A. Moral-Munoz; David Lucena-Anton; Carlos Luque-Moreno is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Objective: To summarise the available evidence about the effectiveness of deep dry needling (dn) on spasticity, pain-related outcomes, and range-of-movement (rom) in adults after stroke. ## Design: A computer search of web of science, scopus, medline, cochrane library, cinahl, and physiotherapy evidence database (pedro) was conducted. a hand search of the reference lists of the selected studies and other relevant publications was also undertaken. studies were assessed by two independent reviewers and included if they complied with the following criteria: (1) participants were adults after a stroke, (2) use of dn alone or within a multimodal approach, compared to no intervention or other treatments; (3) assessment of spasticity, pain, or joint rom as a primary or secondary outcome. we included randomised controlled trials (rcts), case series, and case reports. data were extracted using a standardised protocol. the methodological quality of the studies was assessed with the checklist for measuring quality. ## Results: A total of sixteen studies, 7 of which were rcts, were selected. all studies generally reported an improvement of spasticity level, pain intensity, and rom after the
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- Author
- Rafael Valencia-Chulián; Alberto M. Heredia-Rizo; Jose A. Moral-Munoz; David Lucena-Anton; Carlos Luque-Moreno
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)