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 | Â | Â |
Medication use | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) | 3 | 2 | Â | Â |
Dizziness Handicap Inventory (DHI) | 2 | 2 | Â | Â |
Headache index | 2 | 2 | Â | Â |
Symptom Severity Index (SSI) | 2 | 2 | Â | Â |
Verbal Pain Scale | 2 | 2 | Â | Â |
Brief Pain Inventory (BPI) | 2 | 1 | Â | Â |
Profile of Mood States (POMS) | 2 | 1 | Â | Â |
Beck Anxiety Index (BAI) | 1 | 1 | Â | Â |
Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) | 1 | 1 | Â | Â |
Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form (GDS-SF) | 1 | 1 | Â | Â |
Neck Pain Disability Index (NPDS) | 1 | 1 | Â | Â |
Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnaire (Spanish) | 1 | 1 | Â | Â |
Nottingham Extended Activities of Daily Living Scale (NEADLS) | 1 | 1 | Â | Â |
Quadruple Visual Analog Scale (QVAS) | 1 | 1 | Â | Â |
Sympathetic skin response (SSR)b | 1 | 1 | Â | Â |
Assessment of change (11 point) | 1 | 0 | Â | Â |
Fall Index | 1 | 0 | Â | Â |
Hamilton Anxiety and Depression Inventory | 1 | 0 | Â | Â |
Global Rating of Change (GRoC) | Â | Â | 4 | 3 |
Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK) | Â | Â | 2 | 2 |
US-imaging of multifidi | Â | Â | 2 | 2 |
Functional Rating Index | Â | Â | 1 | 1 |
McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) | Â | Â | 1 | 1 |
Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnaire | Â | Â | 1 | 1 |
Patient specific functional scale | Â | Â | 1 | 1 |
Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMQ) | Â | Â | 1 | 1 |
Sleep quality | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Straight Leg Raise Test (SLR) | Â | Â | 1 | 0 |
4 point patient subjective improvement scale | Â | Â | 1 | 1 |
Total (percent improved) | 166 | 149 (89.76%) | 63 | 58 (92.06%) |