Effectiveness of dry needle therapy in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20528/cjpm.2024.03.002
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Background: Low back pain is a prevalent symptom worldwide, with various underlying causes, making differential diagnosis essential. This study aims to investigate the efficacy of dry needling treatment added to exercise in patients with chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain (NLBP). The McKenzie exercise program was applied to all participants.
Materials and Method: The study comprised sixty participants, randomly allocated into two groups: the dry needling (DNG) and the exercise group (EG). The participants in DNG received a total of six sessions of dry needling treatment, two days a week, to the gluteus medius and quadratus lumborum and multifidus muscles. All participants were given a McKenzie exercise program two sets per day for three weeks.
Results: A significant difference was noted in the VAS-night values of the patients within the DNG before treatment (p: 0.004), and the EG also exhibited a significant difference in the VAS-activity (p: 0.017) and VAS-resting (p: 0.024) values following the treatment. A statistically significant decrease was observed in favor of DNG in VAS-rest, VAS-night, VAS-activity values (p>0.001) in the comparions of the groups.
Conclusions: Dry needling treatment added to exercise therapy in chronic NLBP patients is effective on activity and rest pain severity in the shortterm results. However, no additive efficacy of dry needling treatment was found on the number of trigger points, disability, and depression.
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