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Intensive vasodilatation in the sciatic pain area after dry needling

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, March 2015
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Title
Intensive vasodilatation in the sciatic pain area after dry needling
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BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, March 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12906-015-0587-6
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Elżbieta Skorupska, Michał Rychlik, Włodzimierz Samborski

Abstract

Short-term vasodilatation in the pain area after dry needling (DN) of active trigger points (TrPs) was recorded in several cases of sciatica. Moreover, the presence of TrPs in sciatica patients secondary to primary lesion was suggested. Still, it is not known how often they occur and if every TrPs can provoke vasomotor reactions. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of active TrPs among subacute sciatica patients and the response to DN under infrared thermovision (IRT) camera control. Fifty consecutive Caucasian patients (mean age 41.2 ± 9.1y) with subacute sciatica were diagnosed towards gluteus minimus TrPs co-existence. Based on TrPs confirmation, patients were divided into two groups: TrPs-positive and TrPs-negative, than DN under IRT control was performed. Skin temperature changes and the percentage size of vasomotor reactions in the pain area were evaluated if present. The prevalence of active TrPs was 32.0%. Every TrPs-positive presented vasodilatation dependent on TrPs co-diagnosis (r = 0.72 p < 0.000) and pain recognition during DN (r = 0.4 p < 0.05). The size of vasodilatation in TrPs-positive subjects was: post-DN 12.3 ± 4.0% and post-observation 22.1 ± 6.1% (both p = 0.000) versus TrPs-negative: post-DN 0.4 ± 0.3% and post-observation 0.4 ± 0.2%. A significant temperature increase in the thigh and calf was confirmed for TrPs-positive subjects only (both p < 0.05). Post-DN and post-observation temperatures were as follows: average (thigh:1.2 ± 0.2°C; 1.4 ± 0.2°C, both p < 0.05 and calf: 0.4 ± 0.2°C; 0.4 ± 0.3°C, both p < 0.05) and maximum (thigh 1.4 ± 0.3°C 1.6 ± 0.3°C; both p < 0.05). The presence of active TrPs within the gluteus minimus muscle among subacute sciatica subjects was confirmed. Every TrPs-positive sciatica patient presented DN related vasodilatation in the area of referred pain. The presence of vasodilatation suggests the involvement of sympathetic nerve activity in myofascial pain pathomechanism. Although the clinical meaning of TrPs in subacute sciatica patients is possible, further studies on a bigger group of patients are still required. Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12614001060639. Registered 3 October 2014.

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Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 150 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 30 20%
Student > Master 26 17%
Other 13 9%
Researcher 10 7%
Student > Postgraduate 9 6%
Other 33 22%
Unknown 30 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 56 37%
Nursing and Health Professions 29 19%
Sports and Recreations 7 5%
Neuroscience 4 3%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 3%
Other 18 12%
Unknown 33 22%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. 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 09 May 2016.
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#3,561,444
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Outputs from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#679
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#46,002
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies
#20
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