The Effect of Ultrasound-Guided Tendon Dry Needling on Pain and Function in Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy

Tendon dry needling procedure is that repetitively passing the needle though the area of supraspinatus tendon. Tendon dry needling was performed under sterile conditions with real-time imaging guidance using an ultrasound probe. The supraspinatus tendon was scanned from anterior to posterior, and tendon dry needling was applied to the identified lesion (tendinozis or partial tear) area. This treatment method was applied twice, with a one-month interval between sessions.

In this treatment subcutaneous sham tendon dry needling was performed by randomly holding the ultrasound probe in the area corresponding to the same anatomical localization. Sham tendon dry needling performed to subcutaneus tissue not tendon.