02/02/2019
AND BAZINGA! Every morning before each seminar I do a quick scan of the literature to make sure nothing is missed and 2 days ago! on the 29th of Jan this paper was published. Look what i stumbled across!
https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/20/3/564
The paper relies on proteomic studies and shows a difference in protein expression in RATS, between dryneedling + Stretching vs Stretching alone.
Currently we do not know how these proteins interact in the process of dry needling, but it shows there may be a different mechanism at work and elucidation may help improve diagnostic criteria and clinical decision making in the future for dry needling. This is very exciting! I will do a breakdown of the paper in the near future, since the proteomics can be quite heavy on the theory!
A quantitative proteomic analysis of the response to dry needling combined with static stretching treatment was performed in a rat model of active myofascial trigger points (MTrPs). 36 rats were divided into a model group (MG), a stretching group (SG) and a dry needling combined with stretching grou...