Therapeutic Dry Needling Resources

 

 1. American Physical Therapy Association. Physical Therapists & The Performance of Dry Needling: An Educational Resource Paper. APTA. January 2012.

 

 2. South African Society of Physiotherapy. Dry Needling Physiotherapy Group Safety Protocol. DNPG. http://dryneedling.co.za/images/filse/Safety%20 protocol%20%20final.pdf. Accessed February 20, 2015

 

 3. United States Department of Labor. Occupational Safety and Health Standards: Toxic and Hazardous Substances - Bloodborne pathogens. OSHA. https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_id=10051&p_table=STANDARDS. Updated April 3, 2012. Accessed February 20, 2015.

 

 4. World Health Organization. Guidelines on Basic Training and Safety in Acupuncture. WHO. http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/1999/WHO_EDM_TRM_99.1.pdf. Updated 1999. Accessed February 20, 2015

 

 5. Unlüer EE, Akyol PY, Karagöz A, Bilgin S. A deadly complication of superficial muscular needle electromyography: bilateral pneumothoraces. Case Rep Med. 2013;2013:861787.

 

 6. Chaput JM, Foster T. Pain in the neck: the enigmatic presentation of an embedded acupunction needle. West J Emerg Med. 2010;11(2):144-5

 

 7. Maher RM, Hayes DM, Shinohara M. Quantification of dry needling and posture effects on myofascial trigger points using ultrasound shear-wave elastography. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2013;94(11):2146-50.

 

 8. Hsieh Yl, Yand CC, Liu SY, Chou LW, Hong CZ. Remote dose-dependent effects of dry needling at distant myofascial treigger spots of rabbit skeletal muscles on reduction of substance P levels of proximal muscle and spinal cords. Biomed Res Int. 2014;2014:982121.

 

 9. Srbely JZ, Dickey JP, Lee D, Lowerison M. Dry needle stimulation of myofascial trigger points evokes segmental antinociceptive effects. J Rehabil Med. 2010;42(5):463-8.

 

 10. Hoyle JA, Marra WS, Sheedy JE, Hart DE. Effects of postural and visual stressors on myofascial trigger point development and motor unit rotation during computer work. J electromyogr Kinesiol. 2011;21(1):41-8. 

 

 11. Kietrys DM, Palombaro KM, Azzaretto E, Hubler R, Schaller B, Schlussel JM, Tucker M. Effectiveness of dry needling for upper-quarter myofascial pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2013;43(9):620-34. 

 

 12. Mayoral O, Salvat I, Martin MT, Martin S, Santiago J, Cotarelo J, Rodriguez C. Efficacy of myofascial trigger point dry needling in the prevention of pain after total knee arthroplasty: a randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled trial. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2013;2013:694941.