Appendix 4 Excluded studies with justification for exclusion
First author (year) | Title | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|---|
Stalberg 1987 | Intramuscular Stimulation for The Study of Individual Motor End-Plates and Muscle Fibers | Conference paper |
Wright 1991 | Morphologic and Histochemical Characteristics of Skeletal Muscle After Long-Term Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation | It was not a trial study |
Arendt-Nielsen 1998 | Assessment Of Muscle Pain in Humans: Clinical and Experimental Aspects | Conference paper |
Chu 1999 | The Role of The Monopolar Electromyographic Pin in Myofascial Pain Therapy: Automated Twitch-Obtaining Intramuscular Stimulation (ATOIMS) And Electrical Twitch-Obtaining Intramuscular Stimulation (ETOIMS) | Combine IMES with another treatment without control group |
Chu 2000 | Early Observations in Radiculopathic Pain Control Using Electrodiagnostically Derived New Treatment Techniques: Automated Twitch-Obtaining Intramuscular Stimulation (ATOIMS) And Electrical Twitch-Obtaining Intramuscular Stimulation (ETOIMS) | Combine IMES with another treatment without control group |
Gunn 2001 | Treating Whiplash-Associated Disorders with Intramuscular Stimulation: A Retrospective Review Of 43 Patients with Long-Term Follow-Up | No electrical stimulation by needle |
Karakurum 2001 | The ‘Dry-Needle Technique’: Intramuscular Stimulation in Tension Type Headache | No electrical stimulation by needle |
Chu 2002 | The Efficacy of Automated/Electrical Twitch Obtaining Intramuscular Stimulation (Atoims/Etoims) For Chronic Pain Control: Evaluation with Statistical Process Control Method | Combine IMES with another treatment without control group |
Kosek 2003 | Perceptual Integration of Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation in The Focal and The Referred Pain Area in Healthy Humans | No electrical stimulation by needle |
Chu 2004 | Electrical Twitch-Obtaining Intramuscular Stimulation in Lower Back Pain | It was not a randomized control trial |
Ga 2007 | Intramuscular And Nerve Root Stimulation Vs Lidocaine Injection of Trigger Points in Myofascial Pain Syndrome | No electrical stimulation by needle |
Lee 2008 | Effects Of Needle Electrical Intramuscular Stimulation on Shoulder and Cervical Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Microcirculation | It was not a randomized control trial |
Chu 2008 | Etoims Twitch Relief Method in Chronic Refractory Myofascial Pain (CRMP) | No electrical stimulation by needle |
Valeriani 2008 | Nociceptive Contribution to The Evoked Potentials After Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation | The intervention was not on myofascial pain |
Hong-You 2009 | Increased H-Reflex Induced by Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation of Latent Myofascial Trigger Point | It was not a trial study |
Rainey 2013 | The Use of Trigger Point Dry Needling and Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation for A Subject with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Case Report | Combine IMES with another treatment without control group |
Jodic 2014 | Treatment Of Nonspecific Thoracic Spine Pain with Trigger Point Dry Needling and Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation: A Case Series | It was not a randomized control trial |
Borg-Stein 2014 | Myofascial Pain Syndrome Treatments | It was not a trial study |
Couto 2014 | Paraspinal Stimulation Combined with Trigger Point Needling and Needle Rotation for The Treatment of Myofascial Pain: A Randomized Sham-Controlled Clinical Trial | No electrical stimulation by needle |
Shin 2014 | Intramuscular Stimulation of Peri cranial Myofascial Trigger Points in The Treatment of Frequent Episodic Tension-Type Headache | Conference paper |
Fogelman 2015 | Efficacy Of Dry Needling for Treatment of Myofascial Pain Syndrome | No electrical stimulation by needle |
Chu 2015 | Twitch-Obtaining Intramuscular Stimulation: Observations in The Management of Radiculopathic Low Back Pain | The intervention was not on myofascial pain |
Calatayud 2016 | Improvement Of Myofascial Pain in Equine Brachiocephalicus Muscle Using Dry Needling Technique, A Clinical Commentary | Conference paper |
Shanmugam 2016 | Effects Of Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation Using Inversely Placed Electrodes on Myofascial Pain Syndrome in Shoulder—A Case Series | It was not a randomized control trial |
Ratmansky 2016 | Position Statement of The Israeli Society for Musculoskeletal Medicine on Intramuscular Stimulation for Myofascial Pain Syndrome- A Delphi Process | It was not a trial study |
Mazloum 2017 | Comparative Effects of Dry Needling and Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation with And Without Kinesiology Taping in Patients with Non-Specific Chronic Low Back Pain | Conference paper |
Graca-Tarrago 2019 | Intramuscular Electrical Stimulus Potentiates Motor Cortex Modulation Effects on Pain and Descending Inhibitory Systems in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized, Factorial, Sham-Controlled Study | The intervention was not on myofascial pain |
Moon 2019 | Intramuscular Stimulation as A Novel Alternative Method of Pain Management After Thoracic Surgery | The intervention was not on myofascial pain |
Kim 2019 | A New Treatment Modality for The Postoperative Muscular Pain Management in Pylorus Preserving Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Double-Blind Randomized Control Trial | Conference paper |