%0 Journal Article
%T Effects of dry needling in the sternocleidomastoid muscle on cervical motor control in patients with neck pain: a randomised clinical trial
%A Aida Mart¨ªn-Rodr¨ªguez
%A C¨¦sar Calvo-Lobo
%A Daniel Pecos-Mart¨ªn
%A Esther S¨¢ez-Olmo
%J Acupuncture in Medicine
%@ 1759-9873
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0964528419843913
%X To determine the changes produced by trigger point dry needling (TrP-DN) of sternocleidomastoid in patients with neck pain, and to observe how it might modify cervical motor control (CMC). Single-centre, randomised, double-blinded clinical trial. Participants were recruited through advertising. The duration of the study was 6£¿months. Thirty-four subjects with non-specific neck pain, aged over 18£¿years with an active myofascial trigger point in sternocleidomastoid, participated in the study. They were randomly assigned to treatment or control groups. TrP-DN inside or (1.5£¿cm) outside of the active myofascial trigger point of sternocleidomastoid. CMC, visual analogue scale and cervical range of motion were assessed before treatment, immediately post treatment, and 24£¿h, 1£¿week and 1£¿month after the intervention; the neck disability index was evaluated before treatment and 1£¿month later. With a confidence interval of 99%, TrP-DN of sternocleidomastoid was associated with a decrease in pain after 1£¿week and CMC improved 1£¿month after the intervention (p£¿<£¿0.001), when compared with baseline measurements, within the experimental group; there were no statistically significant differences between experimental and control groups. The effects of TrP-DN inside and outside of active myofascial trigger points did not differ in this study. Both interventions were associated with a similar temporal effect, specifically a reduction in neck pain at 1£¿week and an increase CMC at 1£¿month. However, these findings should be interpreted with caution due to the lack of a contemporaneous untreated control group
%K myofascial pain syndrome
%K neck pain
%K proprioception
%K rehabilitation
%K trigger points
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0964528419843913