• J Bodyw Mov Ther · Oct 2017

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Comparison of acute effects of superficial and deep dry needling into trigger points of suboccipital and upper trapezius muscles in patients with cervicogenic headache.

    • Asefeh Sedighi, Nakhostin AnsariNoureddinNDepartment of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran., and Soofia Naghdi.
    • Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: sedighi.pt@gmail.com.
    • J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2017 Oct 1; 21 (4): 810-814.

    ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to compare the acute effects of superficial and deep dry needling into trigger points of suboccipital and upper trapezius muscles in patients with cervicogenic headache.MethodsThirty participants (8 men, 22 women) aged 19-60 years (mean age ± SD, 39 ± 10 y) with a clinical diagnosis of cervicogenic headache were randomly divided into superficial and deep groups. Headache index, trigger points tenderness, cervical range of motion (CROM), functional rating index was assessed at baseline, immediate and 1 week after the treatment.ResultsTwo approaches of dry needling showed reduction in headache index and trigger points tenderness. Deep dry needling showed greater improvement of cervical range of motion (p < 0.001) and functional rating index (p < 0.01).ConclusionThe application of dry needling into trigger points of suboccipital and upper trapezius muscles induces significant improvement of headache index, trigger points tenderness, functional rating index and range of motion in patients with cervicogenic headache. Deep dry needling had greater effects on CROM and function.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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