The effectiveness of dry needling at myofascial trigger points for knee disorders: A quantitative synthesis of randomized controlled trials

• Xin Hu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, The Affiliated Children’s Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University (Hunan Children’s Hospital), Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Pediatric Orthopedics, Changsha, Hunan, PR China, The School of Pediatrics, University of South China, Changsha, Hunan, PR China, Furong Laboratory, Changsha, PR China, MOE Key Lab of Rare Pediatric Diseases, University of South China, Changsha, Hunan, PR China

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• Ting Lei,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, The Affiliated Children’s Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University (Hunan Children’s Hospital), Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Pediatric Orthopedics, Changsha, Hunan, PR China, The School of Pediatrics, University of South China, Changsha, Hunan, PR China, Furong Laboratory, Changsha, PR China, MOE Key Lab of Rare Pediatric Diseases, University of South China, Changsha, Hunan, PR China

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• Zheng Liu,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, The Affiliated Children’s Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University (Hunan Children’s Hospital), Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Pediatric Orthopedics, Changsha, Hunan, PR China, The School of Pediatrics, University of South China, Changsha, Hunan, PR China, Furong Laboratory, Changsha, PR China, MOE Key Lab of Rare Pediatric Diseases, University of South China, Changsha, Hunan, PR China

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• Zhenchao Xu,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, The Affiliated Children’s Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University (Hunan Children’s Hospital), Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Pediatric Orthopedics, Changsha, Hunan, PR China, The School of Pediatrics, University of South China, Changsha, Hunan, PR China, Furong Laboratory, Changsha, PR China, MOE Key Lab of Rare Pediatric Diseases, University of South China, Changsha, Hunan, PR China

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• Guanghui Zhu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zgh5650@163.com

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, The Affiliated Children’s Hospital of Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University (Hunan Children’s Hospital), Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Pediatric Orthopedics, Changsha, Hunan, PR China, The School of Pediatrics, University of South China, Changsha, Hunan, PR China, Furong Laboratory, Changsha, PR China, MOE Key Lab of Rare Pediatric Diseases, University of South China, Changsha, Hunan, PR China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8550-3364

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