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Table 10 Outcome tools used and improved with DN

From: Dry needling for spine related disorders: a scoping review

 

Cervical (55 studies)

TLP (22 studies)

No. studies

No. improved with DNa

No. studies

No. improved with DNa

Visual Analog Scale (VAS)

35

33

11

11

Pain Pressure Threshold (PPT)

31

28

7

7

Range of motion (ROM)

27

24

4

3

Short Form-36 (SF-36)

8

7

1

1

Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS)

8

8

6

6

Beck Depression Index (BDI)

4

3

2

1

Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)

2

2

8

8

Self-rated improvement scale

1

0

1

1

Patient reported pain

2

2

2

2

SF-12 Physical

1

1

1

1

SF-12 Mental

1

1

1

1

Neck Disability Index (NDI)

13

13

  

Medication use

5

5

2

2

Nottingham Health Profile (NHP)

3

2

  

Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI)

2

2

  

Headache index

2

2

  

Symptom Severity Index (SSI)

2

2

  

Verbal Pain Scale

2

2

  

Brief Pain Inventory (BPI)

2

1

  

Profile of Mood States (POMS)

2

1

  

Beck Anxiety Index (BAI)

1

1

  

Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH)

1

1

  

Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form (GDS-SF)

1

1

  

Neck Pain Disability Index (NPDS)

1

1

  

Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnaire (Spanish)

1

1

  

Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living Scale (NEADLS)

1

1

  

Quadruple Visual Analog Scale (QVAS)

1

1

  

Sympathetic skin response (SSR)b

1

1

  

Assessment of change (11 point)

1

0

  

Fall Index

1

0

  

Hamilton Anxiety and Depression Inventory

1

0

  

Global Rating of Change (GRoC)

  

4

3

Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK)

  

2

2

US-imaging of multifidi

  

2

2

Functional Rating Index

  

1

1

McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ)

  

1

1

Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnaire

  

1

1

Patient specific functional scale

  

1

1

Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMQ)

  

1

1

Sleep quality

2

2

2

2

Straight Leg Raise Test (SLR)

  

1

0

4 point patient subjective improvement scale

  

1

1

Total (percent improved)

166

149 (89.76%)

63

58 (92.06%)

  1. Some studies used more than one outcome measure
  2. aimprovement as per author
  3. bphysiological response