Effect of dose interval of periosteal and intraarticular electrical dry needling boosters on pain and disability in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a multi-center randomized clinical trial
PIEDN boosters every 4 weeks were a more effective dosage regimen for maintaining improvements in pain, stiffness, function, and disability than once every 8 weeks or no further treatment sessions.Trial Registration: www.clinicaltrials.gov NCT05365061 May 4, 2022.
Authors
- Paul Bliton
- César Fernández‐de‐las‐Peñas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3772-9690)
- Firas Mourad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8981-2085)
- Reji Varghese (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3454-1169)
- James Dunning (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1194-0108)
- James Escaloni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1646-8594)
- Ian Young (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6559-993X)
- Filippo Maselli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9683-9975)
- Norman E. Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5961-6641)
- Raymond Butts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3429-2980)
- Patrick Gorby
Institutions
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences (US)
- Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (ES)
- University of Utah (US)
- Physiotherapy New Zealand (NZ)
- Luxembourg Institute of Health (LU)
- University of Miami Health System (US)
- Symetrix (United States) (US)
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital (US)
- Regional Medical Center (US)
- Tyvak (United States) (US)
- National Athletic Trainers Association (US)
- Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
- Published
- 2025-10-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2025.2575837
- Primary Topic
- Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00