A dual-database bibliometric analysis on dry needling for pain: Global trends and hotspots from web of science core collection and Scopus (2006-2025).

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Overall, keyword co-occurrence and thematic evolution analyses indicate that DN research has exhibited a clear trend toward increasing maturity and diversification over time.

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