Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics
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J Manipulative Physiol Ther · Jan 2021
Randomized Controlled TrialDry Needling and Photobiomodulation Decreases Myofascial Pain in Trapezius of Women: Randomized Blind Clinical Trial.
The purpose of this study was to assess whether dry needling (DN) added to photobiomodulation (PBM) has effects on the treatment of active myofascial trigger points in the upper trapezius. ⋯ DN added to PBM presented similar results compared to DNout and DN. In this sample, the effects of the application of DN outside of the trigger point had better effects on pain and disability scores than DN applied directly on the trigger point.
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J Manipulative Physiol Ther · Jan 2021
Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Reliability, and Validity of the Persian Version of the Coping Strategies Questionnaire for Iranian People With Nonspecific Chronic Neck Pain.
The purpose of this study was to assess the reliability and construct validity of, and perform confirmatory factor analysis of, the Persian version of the Coping Strategies Questionnaire (CSQ) for Iranian people with nonspecific chronic neck pain. ⋯ The CSQ has acceptable and good measurement properties to assess coping strategies in Iranian people with nonspecific chronic neck pain. It is a reliable measure, though, for validity only The Catastrophizing subscale showed significant correlation with other scales, but the findings should be interpreted with caution because of the limitations of the study.