Jun 15, 2018 - The objective of this study was to assess the short-term e ects of dry needling on spasticity, gait, and muscle architecture of patients with chronic ...
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The e ect of dry needling on spasticity, gait and muscle architecture in patients with chronic stroke: A case series study Sarafraz Hadi, Otadi Khadijeh, Mohammadreza Hadian, Ayoobi Yazdi Niloofar, Gholamreza Olyaei, Bagheri Hossein, Sandra Calvo, Pablo Herrero Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, April 2018, Taylor & Francis DOI: 10.1080/10749357.2018.1460946
Dry needling in patients with stroke What is it about? The objective of this study was to assess the short-term e ects of dry needling on spasticity, gait, and muscle architecture of patients with chronic stroke. Dry needling is widely used for pain but there are no publications about the efefcts on gait in patients with stroke, so this paper aims to explore the e ects on gait and if muscle architecture changes are ocurring as a result of dry needling application.
Why is it important? Mechanisms of dry needling are not fully understood. In the speci c case of neuro patients, this is even more unknown. However clinical evidences show functional improvements in neuro patients, which needs to be investigated to know better how dry needling is working and which is the best treatment protocol for this speci c population of stroke patients.
Perspectives Pablo Herrero (Author) Universidad San Jorge I hope this article is a rst point to develop more research in this area, as there has been promising results showing changes in muscle architecture but especially in gait, which hasn´t been reported in any previous studies. It is important to follow researching with the aim to transfer scienti c evidence to clinicians and include dry needling as one option for neuro patients, like a complement or perhaps an alternative to botulinum toxin.
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