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Novel Use of Ultrasound Elastography to Quantify Muscle Tissue Changes After Dry Needling of Myofascial Trigger Points in Patients With Chronic Myofascial Pain

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, October 2015
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Title
Novel Use of Ultrasound Elastography to Quantify Muscle Tissue Changes After Dry Needling of Myofascial Trigger Points in Patients With Chronic Myofascial Pain
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Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, October 2015
DOI 10.7863/ultra.14.08033
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Diego Turo, Paul Otto, Murad Hossain, Tadesse Gebreab, Katherine Armstrong, William F. Rosenberger, Hui Shao, Jay P. Shah, Lynn H. Gerber, Siddhartha Sikdar

Abstract

To compare a mechanical heterogeneity index derived from ultrasound vibration elastography with physical findings before and after dry-needling treatment of spontaneously painful active myofascial trigger points in the upper trapezius muscle. Forty-eight patients with chronic myofascial pain enrolled in a prospective interventional trial of 3 weekly dry-needling treatments for active myofascial trigger points. Trigger points were evaluated at baseline and at treatment completion using palpation, the pressure-pain threshold, and the mechanical heterogeneity index. Thirty patients were reevaluated at 8 weeks. Trigger points that "responded" changed to tissue that was no longer spontaneously painful, with or without the presence of a palpable nodule. Trigger points that "resolved" changed to tissue without a palpable nodule. The mechanical heterogeneity index was defined as the proportion of the upper trapezius muscle that appeared mechanically stiffer on elastography. Statistical significance for comparisons was determined at P < .05. Following 3 dry needle treatments, the mechanical heterogeneity index decreased significantly for the 38 myofascial trigger points (79% of 48) that responded to treatment. Among these, the baseline mechanical heterogeneity index was significantly lower for the 13 trigger points (27% of 38) that resolved, but the decrease after 3 dry needle treatments did not reach significance. The pressure-pain threshold improved significantly for both groups. At 8 weeks, the mechanical heterogeneity index decreased significantly for the 22 trigger points (73% of 30) that responded and for the 10 (45% of 22) that resolved. The pressure-pain threshold improvement was significant for trigger points that responded but did not reach significance for resolved trigger points. The mechanical heterogeneity index identifies changes in muscle tissue properties that correlate with changes in the myofascial trigger point status after dry needling.

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Country Count As %
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 192 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 33 17%
Student > Master 30 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 9%
Other 15 8%
Researcher 14 7%
Other 41 21%
Unknown 43 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 68 35%
Nursing and Health Professions 39 20%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 3%
Computer Science 4 2%
Sports and Recreations 4 2%
Other 16 8%
Unknown 56 29%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 April 2020.
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#2,381,791
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Outputs from Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
#152
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#33,293
of 289,189 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
#2
of 39 outputs
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