Treatment of myofascial pain in the shoulder with Kinesio Taping. A case report

Manual Therapy

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 292-295

  García Muro, Francisco ^a   Rodríguez Fernández, Ángel L ^a   Herrero de Lucas, Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Kinesio tape; Myofascial pain syndromes; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; KINESIO TAPING; KINESIOTHERAPY; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SHOULDER PAIN; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ATHLETIC TAPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 77951652778     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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