Comparison of connective tissue massage and spray-and-stretch technique in the treatment of chronic cervical myofascial pain syndrome

Pain Clinic

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 469-474

  Yaǧci, Nesrin ^a   Uygur, Fatma ^b   Bek, Nilgün ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Connective tissue massage; Myofascial pain; Neck; Spray and stretch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MASSAGE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 11244259146     PISSN: 01691112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568569042664503     Document Type: Article

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