Dry needling for headaches presenting active trigger points
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Trigger Point Dry Needling
Address all correspondence and request for reprints to: Jan Dommerholt Bethesda Physiocare, Inc. 7830 Old Georgetown Road, Suite C-15 Bethesda, MD 20814-2440 [email protected] Abstract: Trigger point dry needling is a treatment technique used by physical therapists around the world. In the United States, trigger point dry needling has been approved as within the scope of physica...
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عنوان ژورنال: Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1473-7175,1744-8360
DOI: 10.1586/14737175.2016.1152889