Dry Needling Related Short-Term Vasodilation in Chronic Sciatica under Infrared Thermovision
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Dry Needling Related Short-Term Vasodilation in Chronic Sciatica under Infrared Thermovision
Vasomotor responses to dry needling (DN) of trigger points (TrPs) under infrared thermovision (IRT) camera control and TrPs coexistence in chronic sciatica patients have never been studied. Materials and Methods. Fifty consecutive chronic sciatica patients were enrolled in the study. DN under IRT control was performed for all patients regardless of gluteus minimus (GM) active TrPs examination. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1741-427X,1741-4288
DOI: 10.1155/2015/214374