Table 5.

Parallels Seen in Acupuncture and Dry-Needle Techniques

Primary category	Techniques	Correlations
Superficial	Hair needling	SDN, Fu
	Straight needling	SDN, Fu, Pist
	Floating needling	SDN, Pist
Deep	Channel needling	SDN, DDN, Rot, LTR, Gunn-IMS, Pist
	Divide needling	DDN, Pist
	Glowing needling	No correlation
	Extended needling	LTR, Ten
	Gathered needling	MN
	Bone needling	DDN, Pist
	Articulation needling	Ten
	Valley needling	SDN, DDN, Rot, LTR, Pist
	Sideways needling	MN
Mixed	Spreading needling	MN
	Repeated needling	MN

SDN, superficial dry needling; Fu, Fu (subcutaneous); Pist, piston (lifting and thrusting); DDN, deep dry needling; Rot, rotating or twisting; LTR, local twitch response; Gunn-IMS, Gunn-intramuscular stimulation; Ten, tendon needling; MN, multiple needles.