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Dry Needling Versus Kinesiotapingon Myofascial Pain Post Neck Dissection Surgeries

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Karim Ibrahim Saafaan, Ahmed Adel Ahmed El-sayed, Intsar S. Waked, Omar Hamdy Mohamed, Khadra Mohamed Ali
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.5.343

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine how dry needling and kinesiotaping compare in their impact on myofascial pain post neck dissection surgeries. Patients and methods: Fifty patients, both male and female, who were suffering from cervical myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) following neck dissection surgery participated in this study. They aged between 20 and 60 years and were selected from the Oncology Center at Mansoura University. They were randomly assigned into two groups, A and B, with an equal number of participants in each. Group A received dry needling, along with traditional treatment (deep friction massage, ROM exercises, and stretching exercises) for 8 sessions, twice a week for 4 weeks. Group B received kinesiotaping, in addition to traditional treatment (deep friction massage, ROM exercises, and stretching exercises) for 8 sessions, twice a week for 4 weeks. Pressure pain threshold (PPT), visual analogue scale (VAS), cervical lateral flexion, and rotation were measured twice before and after treatment. Results: At the end of the treatment, both dry needling (DN) and kinesiotaping (KT) resulted in significant improvements in all baseline measurements, including pressure pain threshold, visual analogue scale, cervical lateral flexion, and cervical rotation. However, there was no significant difference found between the two groups in any of these measurements (p > 0.05). Conclusion: Kinesiotaping has been shown to be equally effective as DN in treating MPS.

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