Dry Needling for Cervicogenic Headache

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Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2020
This is a single-blinded randomized clinical trial. The primary aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of dry needling of myofascial trigger points in the muscles of the head and cervical spine in addition to an upper extremity strengthening/stretching exercise program compared to a dry needling group alone on pain scores, cervical range of motion, pain sensitivity and changes in severity and frequency of pain symptoms in individuals with cervicogenic headache.
Epistemonikos ID: 481d0e438946df8e08ba8006152f6dc6d2157093
First added on: May 07, 2024