Physiological and clinical changes after therapeutic massage of the neck and shoulders

Manual Therapy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 487-494

  Sefton, JoEllen M ^a   Yarar, Ceren ^a   Carpenter, David M ^a,b   Berry, Jack W ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary and alternative medicine; Electromyography; H reflex; Physiological mechanisms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MASSAGE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SHOULDER; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NECK MUSCLES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052037942     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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