CARE-DN
CAse REport for Dry Needling
CARE-DN (CAse REport for Dry Needling) is a consensus-based reporting checklist that adapts the international CARE case report guidelines for dry needling interventions, based on the original CARE guidelines developed by the CARE Group. The online CARE-DN form is designed to help authors, reviewers, and editors improve transparency, reproducibility, and clinical relevance in dry needling case reports and case series and to generate a journal-ready PDF that can be submitted with manuscripts. The CARE-DN project, including its protocol and e-Delphi procedures, was preregistered and is openly available on the Open Science Framework (OSF) at https://osf.io/9yd5f/. CARE-DN is now listed in the EQUATOR Network reporting guidelines database.
This online tool is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the CARE Group.
Credits
CARE-DN Development Team
This online CARE-DN tool was developed by the Health + Resilience Institute, in collaboration with the international CARE-DN expert panel. We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of all members of the CARE-DN development team and expert panel listed below.
Health + Resilience Institute team
Giorgos Tzigkounakis
MSPH, MSc (Nut. Med.), MSc (Acu.), MBA, PT
Department of Research, Health and Resilience Institute
Athens, Greece
Konstantinos Georgiadis
PhD(c), MD, MSc
Department of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Athens, Greece
Department of Research, Health and Resilience Institute
Athens, Greece
Katerina Simati
MSc, PT
Department of Research, Health and Resilience Institute
Athens, Greece
Vasileia Kostaridou
PhD(c), MSc
Thessaloniki, Greece
Department of Research, Health and Resilience Institute
Athens, Greece
International collaborators
(alphabetical by surname)
Paul Battersby
MSc, PT, CEO and Clinical Adviser at
Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physoiotherapists (AACP)
London, UK
Dr. Sandra Calvo
PhD, MSc, DPT, PT
Department of Physiatry and Nursing, University of Zaragoza
Zaragoza, Spain
IISA – Aragón Health Research Institute
Zaragoza, Spain
Dr. Pablo Herrero
PhD, MSc, PT
Department of Physiatry and Nursing, University of Zaragoza
Zaragoza, Spain
IISA – Aragón Health Research Institute
Zaragoza, Spain
Dr. Adrian Kużdżał
PhD, MSc, PT
Institute of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences and Psychology, Collegium Medicum, University of Rzeszów
Rzeszów, Poland
MEDFIT, Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy Center
Kraków, Poland
Dr. Johnson McEvoy
DPT, MSc, PT
United Physiotherapy Clinic
Limerick, Ireland
Prof. Dr. Zacarías Sánchez Milá
PhD, MSc, PT
NEUMUSK Group Research, Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Avila Catholic University
Castilla y León, Spain
Dr. Manos Stefanakis
PhD, MSc, PT
Department of Physiotherapy, University of Nicosia
Nicosia, Cyprus
Dr. Jorge Velázquez Saornil
PhD, MSc, PT
Department of Physiotherapy, Pontifical University of Salamanca
Salamanca, Spain
Prof. Dr. Michael Voight
PhD, MSc, PT
School of Physical Therapy, Belmont University
Belmont, USA
Prof. Dr. Tianjun Wang
PhD, MSc, TCM
London Academy of Chinese Acupuncture (LACA)
London, UK
