[Non-medical therapy of myofascial pain].
METHODS
In a prospective study, the efficacy of manual therapy and dry needling was examined in 84 patients with chronic low back pain (mean duration of pain 4.4 years).


RESULTS
The initial value of pain on the visual analogue scale was about 6.6, the follow up value was reduced to 3.67 (p=0.0033).


CONCLUSIONS
Manual trigger point therapy of myofascial trigger points in the low back is effective.
Gröbli
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Winterthur, Schweiz. cgroebli.impa@bluewin.ch
Dejung
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B
D001416:Back Pain / Q000628:therapy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009209:Myofascial Pain Syndromes / Q000628:therapy*