Dry Needling Effects Post-traumatic Brain Injury

A three-weekly session of DNT was administered with an acupuncture needle (0.30 × 50 mm; Huan Qiu, Suzhou, China). For each session, DNT was applied in the deltoid, biceps brachialis, wrist extensors and flexors, thenar muscles, vastus medialis, gastrocnemius medialis, and tibialis anterior (Hong, 1994). Following focal twitch responses (maximum three), the dry needle was left inserted for 15 minutes in each muscle.