About the Authors

Lyndal Solomons

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Centre, Vancouver, Canada

Jenny J. Y. Lee

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada

Margaret Bruce

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Kinetic Rehabilitation Centre, North Vancouver, Canada

Lynita D. White

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Tall Tree Physiotherapy & Health Centre, Vancouver, Canada

Alex Scott

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ascott@mail.ubc.ca

Affiliations Department of Physical Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, Canada

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: LS's clinic and teaching are housed in the Chan Gunn Pavilion at University of British Columbia, a clinic and research centre which was established through a generous donation to UBC by Dr C. Chan Gunn, the developer of the needling intervention tested in this study. LS is also a certified instructor of the Gunn IMS treatment approach. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.