Elite swimmers with and without unilateral shoulder pain: Mechanical hyperalgesia and active/latent muscle trigger points in neck-shoulder muscles

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-73

  Hidalgo Lozano, A ^a   Fernandez de las Penas C ^b,c   Calderon Soto C ^d   Domingo Camara, A ^d   Madeleine, P ^c   Arroyo Morales, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Pressure pain threshold; Shoulder pain; Swimmers; Trigger points

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; INJURY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER PAIN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWIMMING; TRIGGER POINT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; SHOULDER PAIN; SWIMMING; TRIGGER POINTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872299534     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2011.01331.x     Document Type: Article

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