Skeletal muscle contractility, self-reported pain and tissue sensitivity in females with neck/shoulder pain and upper Trapezius myofascial trigger points- a randomized intervention study

Chiropractic and Manual Therapies

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Myburgh, Corrie ^a,b   Hartvigsen, Jan ^a,b   Aagaard, Per ^a   Holsgaard Larsen, Anders ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NORDIC INSTITUTE OF CHIROPRACTIC AND CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Mechanical outcomes; Myofascial pain; Neck shoulder pain; Trigger points

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP DRY NEEDLING; DELAYED ONSET MUSCLE SORENESS; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM VOLUNTARY CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MYALGIA; MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINT; NECK PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATE OF FORCE DEVELOPMENT; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER PAIN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SUPERFICIAL DRY NEEDLING; SYMPTOM; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIGGER POINT; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WORKER;

EID: 84874952012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2045709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-709X-20-36     Document Type: Article

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