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%) |