Quantification of dry needling and posture effects on myofascial trigger points using ultrasound shear-wave elastography

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2146-2150

  Maher, Ruth M ^a,b   Hayes, Dawn M ^a   Shinohara, Minoru ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elasticity imaging techniques; Rehabilitation; Trigger points; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRY NEEDLING; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; RIGIDITY; SHEARWAVE ELASTOGRAPHY; SITTING; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TRIGGER POINT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOVA; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LOCAL TWITCH RESPONSE; LTR; MTRPS; MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINTS; REHABILITATION; TRIGGER POINTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NEEDLES; PRONE POSITION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84886716818     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.04.021     Document Type: Article

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