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- Title
Effect of Dry Needling in Patient with Cervical Radiculopathy in Reducing Pain and Increasing Rom Compared to Interferential Therapy.
- Authors
Bala rathna, P. M.; Jothilingam, Muthukumaran
- Abstract
Background: This study was designed to inspect the effectiveness of Dry needling and interferential therapy on cervical radiculopathy patients. Purpose: To compare the effectiveness of dry needling and interferential therapy in patients with cervical radiculopathy. Materials and methods: It is an experimental study from November 2022 to April 2023. In this study, 30 subjects were allocated randomly using a randomization method (computer-generated random numbers) according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Group A was allocated for interferential therapy with neck exercise (n=15) and Group B was allocated for dry needling with neck exercise (n =15). Outcome measures are NPRS (Numerical pain rating scale), Goniometer. Informed consent was obtained from the patient. Result: From the statistical analysis, both groups showed extremely satisfied statistical significance between their pre- and post-test values (p<0.0001) Also, there is a significant difference in the post-test values of both groups (p<0.0001) which denotes that dry needling therapy with neck exercises values are higher than the IFT with neck exercises values for reducing pain and increasing ROM of cervical joint for cervical radiculopathy. Conclusion: In this study, Dry needling with Neck exercise activities was found to be more beneficial than IFT with neck exercise in reducing cervical pain and increasing ROM.
- Subjects
NECK physiology; EXPERIMENTAL design; ISOMETRIC exercise; PAIN; RANGE of motion of joints; MEASUREMENT of angles (Geometry); RADICULOPATHY; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; COMPARATIVE studies; PRE-tests &; post-tests; ELECTRIC stimulation; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; STATISTICAL sampling; MYOFASCIAL pain syndrome treatment; PROBABILITY theory
- Publication
Indian Journal of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy, 2024, Vol 18, p436
- ISSN
0973-5674
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.37506/pv9zbp03