Dry needling definition

Dry needling means a procedure that involves inserting acupuncture needles under the skin at trigger points and while those needles are inserted, rotating the needles or connecting the needles to a low current electrical supply.
Dry needling means a skilled intervention using a thin filiform needle to penetrate into or through the skin and stimulate underlying myofascial trigger points or muscular or connective tissues for the management of neuromuscular pain or movement impairments.
Dry needling means a rehabilitative procedure using filiform needles to penetrate the skin or underlying tissues by targeting only myofascial trigger points and muscular and connective tissues to affect change in body structures and functions for the evaluation and management of neuromusculoskeletal pain and movement impairment. Dry needling does not include the stimulation of auricular points or other acupuncture points.

Examples of Dry needling in a sentence

  • Dry needling in patients with chronic heel pain due to plantar fasciitis: A single-blinded randomized clinical trial.

  • Dry needling of trigger points with and without paraspinal needling in myofascial pain syndromes in elderly patients.

  • Dry needling is performed specifically on myofascial trigger points.

  • Dry needling versus cortisone injection in the treatment of greater trochanteric pain syndrome: a noninferiority randomized clinical trial.

  • Dry needling of muscle motor points for chronic low-back pain.Spine, 1980, 5(3):279–291.


More Definitions of Dry needling

Dry needling means a physical intervention that uses a
Dry needling means an intervention that uses a thin filiform needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate underlying muscular tissue, connective tissues and myofascial trigger points for the management of neuromusculoskeletal pain and movement impairments; is based upon Western medical concepts; and requires a physical therapy examination and diagnosis.
Dry needling means a skilled intervention using a thin filiform needle to penetrate
Dry needling means a skilled technique performed by a physical therapist
Dry needling means a physical therapy intervention, also known as intramuscular manual therapy, that:
Dry needling means a skilled intervention performed by a phys-
Dry needling means an intervention that uses a thin filiform needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate