Efeitos do uso de dry needling no tratamento da dor lombar: uma revisão integrativa

Abstract

Introduction: Dry Needling (DN) is a treatment that has become well known in reducing low back pain. The improvement occurs with the application of needles and is used to decrease myofascial pain in any region of the body. Objective: To carry out an Integrative Review of the literature on the effects of the use of NP on low back pain. Methodology: An Integrative Review of studies published between 2010 and 2020 was carried out in the electronic databases of the Virtual Health Library and National Library of Medicine, Physiotherapy Evidence Database, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences and Portal, in English, Portuguese and Spanish languages, filtering for: low back pain, dry needling and physical therapy. The exclusion criteria were: educational materials, articles in languages other than those listed in the inclusion and traumatic low back pain. Two independent reviewers performed the selection of articles according to the inclusion criteria, by the title and summary of the articles. Results: Nine articles in this study were obtained from the research that indicated DN as effective in the treatment of low back pain, alone or associated with other techniques. Conclusion: Studies suggest that DN contributes beneficially to the relief of low back pain. Both in individual use, and associated with other techniques [resumo fornecido pelo autor].