Standardized manual palpation of myofascial trigger points in relation to neck/shoulder pain; the influence of clinical experience on inter-examiner reproducibility

Manual Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-140

  Myburgh, Corrie ^a   Lauridsen, Henrik Hein ^a,b   Larsen, Anders H ^b   Hartvigsen, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Myofascial pain syndrome; Palpation; Physical examination; Reliability; Reproducibility; Trigger point

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER PAIN; STANDARDIZATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TRIGGER POINT; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; CHIROPRACTIC; DENMARK; FACIAL NEURALGIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NECK PAIN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALPATION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 79551544897     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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