Myofascial Trigger Point Release in Chronic Non-Traumatic Neck Pain.

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Selvaganapathy, Karthikeyan Rajappan, Roshini Jubish, K. V.
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of myofascial trigger point release prior to craniocervical flexor exercise on cervical joint position sense in chronic non-traumatic neck pain. Materials and Methods: 30 subjects with an age range of 25 - 35 years were recruited for the study. Subjects were selected on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria by purposive sampling method. Subjects were randomly assigned into two groups. Subjects in Group A (control group) received craniocervical flexor exercise and Group B (experimental group) received myofascial trigger point release in the form of Muscle Energy Technique (MET) prior to craniocervical flexor exercise. Ergonomic advices, stretching exercises, free exercises of neck and shoulders and isometric neck exercises were commonly taught to all subjects. The subjects were measured for neck pain intensity, cervical joint position sense and disability level by Numeric Rating Scale (NRS), Joint Reposition Error (JRE) and Neck Disability Index (NDI) respectively. Results: The outcome measures were analysed using paired ‘t’ test and independent ‘t’ test. Both groups A and B showed significant differences (p
Starting Page	314
Ending Page	322
Page Count	9
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Volume Number	5
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.ijhsr.org/IJHSR_Vol.5_Issue.9_Sep2015/49.pdf
Language	English
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Resource Type	Article