Research Article
Dry Needling at Myofascial Trigger Spots of Rabbit Skeletal Muscles Modulates the Biochemicals Associated with Pain, Inflammation, and Hypoxia
Table 1
Summary of the biochemical effects in the bicep femoris, DRG, and serum affected by one- and five-dosage dry needling in the biceps femoris with MTrSs.
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| indicates the significant increase in dry needling-treated groups compared with their sham groups. indicates reduction of Substance P in 1D group immediately after DN. indicates the significant increase in the 5D group compared with the 1D group. — indicates no significant difference between the dry needling-treated groups and the sham groups. Abbreviations: 1D: one-dosage dry needling; 5D: five-dosage dry needling; COX-2: cyclooxygenase-2; DN: dry needling; DRG: dorsal root ganglion; HIF-1α: hypoxia-inducible factor-1α; iNOS: inducible isoform of nitric oxide synthases; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor-α; VEGF: vascular endothelial growth factor. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||