Effectiveness of Dry Needling versus Placebo on Gait Performance, Spasticity, Electromyographic Activity, Pain, Range-of-Movement and Quality of Life in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol
Dry needling (DN) is an emerging technique commonly used in neurological and musculoskeletal pain conditions, but there have been no previous studies in patients with multiple sclerosis (pwMS). This trial aims to assess the efficacy of deep DN, compared with sham placebo DN, on gait performance, spa...
Main Authors: | Carlos Luque-Moreno, Anabel Granja-Domínguez, Jose A. Moral-Munoz, Guillermo Izquierdo-Ayuso, David Lucena-Anton, Alberto Marcos Heredia-Rizo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-12-01
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Series: | Brain Sciences |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/10/12/997 |
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