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VOL. 6, ISSUE 4 (2021)
Effect of dry cupping vs dry needling therapy on pain and disability in patients with chronic non Specific neck pain–a comperative study
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Nidhi Purohit, Aditi Patel, Himanshu Koli, Dharti Hingarajia
Abstract
Background and Purpose: Different alternative therapies are commonly used to reduce pain and disability in various musculoskeletal disorders. Previous studies proved the individual effect of dry cupping and dry needling in patients with chronic non-specific neck pain. However few studies compared the effect of both the techniques in this population. The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of dry cupping therapy and dry needling therapy on pain and disability in patients with chronic non-specific neck pain. Method: 30 subjects with age between 18-35years diagnosed with chronic non-specific neck pain were randomly allocated into two groups. Group A received dry cupping therapy and Group B received dry needling therapy. Both the group received 2 sessions of the respective therapy in 1 week. Outcome Measures: Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Neck Disability Index (NDI) Gujarati version were measured before and after 1 week of intervention. Result: Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test was applied for intra-group comparison and post intervention measures showed that there was significant difference in mean of VAS and NDI compared to pre intervention measures in both the groups. Mann Whitney test was applied for inter-group comparison and result showed that both the groups showed no statistical significant difference in mean post-pre difference of VAS and NDI. Confidence interval was kept 95% and the level of significance for all statistical data was set α =0.05. Conclusion: This study concludes that both the therapies used in the present study i.e. dry cupping and dry needling are equally effective for reducing pain and disability in patients with chronic non-specific neck pain.
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Pages:53-59
How to cite this article:
Nidhi Purohit, Aditi Patel, Himanshu Koli, Dharti Hingarajia "Effect of dry cupping vs dry needling therapy on pain and disability in patients with chronic non Specific neck pain–a comperative study ". International Journal of Yoga, Physiotherapy and Physical Education, Vol 6, Issue 4, 2021, Pages 53-59
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