Immediate Effects of Dry Needling on the Autonomic Nervous System and Mechanical Hyperalgesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Irene Lázaro-Navas Cristina Lorenzo-Sánchez-Aguilera Daniel Pecos-Martín Jose Jesús Jiménez-RejanoMarcos Jose Navarro-SantanaJosue Fernández-CarneroTomás Gallego-Izquierdo

Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2021)

This work appears to indicate that dry needling produces an immediate activation in the sympathetic nervous system, improving local and distant mechanical hyperalgesia.

Keyphrases

neuropathic pain
heart rate variability
lymph node
heart rate
spinal cord