Study of the trapezius muscle region pressure pain threshold and latency time in young people with and without depressed scapula

Manual Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 124-129

  Lee, Kuan Ting ^a   Chuang, Chiung Cheng ^a   Lai, Chien Hung ^b,c   Ye, Jing Jhao ^a   Wu, Chien Lung ^d  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Pressure pain threshold; Scapula; Trapezius muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSED SCAPULA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; POSITION; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; SHOULDER DISEASE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; BACK MUSCLE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; REACTION TIME; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; YOUNG ADULT;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; REACTION TIME; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SCAPULA; SHOULDER JOINT; SUPERFICIAL BACK MUSCLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920281067     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2014.07.014     Document Type: Article

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