Assessment of the upper trapezius muscle temperature in women with and without neck pain

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 413-417

  Dibai Filho, Almir Vieira ^a   Packer, Amanda Carine ^a   Costa, Ana Cláudia De Souza ^a   Berni Schwarzenbeck, Kelly Cristina Dos Santos ^b   Rodrigues Bigaton, Delaine ^a  

^a METHODIST UNIVERSITY OF PIRACICABA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Neck Pain; Skeletal Muscle; Skin Temperature; Thermography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NECK PAIN; RANK SUM TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT T TEST; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK MUSCLES; NECK PAIN; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THERMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862906317     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: 15326586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2012.04.006     Document Type: Article

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