Is Dry Needling Effective for the Management of Plantar Heel Pain or Plantar Fasciitis? An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Luis Llurda-AlmuzaraNoé Labata-LezaunToni Meca-RiveraMarcos José Navarro-SantanaJoshua A ClelandCésar Fernández-de-Las-PeñasAlbert Pérez-Bellmunt

Published in: Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) (2021)

Moderate- to low-quality evidence suggests a positive effect of trigger point dry needling for improving pain intensity and pain-related disability in the short term and long term, respectively, in patients with plantar heel pain of musculoskeletal origin. The present results should be considered with caution because of the small number of trials.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
high intensity
spinal cord injury
spinal cord
postoperative pain
drug induced