To evaluate the short-term effectiveness of orthopedic manual therapy (OMT) in signs and symptoms of myofascial pain (MFP) in young adults. Materials and Methods: An experimental controlled clinical study was performed in young adults between 19 and 24 years old. Thirty-one patients with MFP according to...
SUMMARY BACKGROUND: To date, there is a lack of prior studies on the use of capacitive resistive monopolar radiofrequency (RF) to treat neck pain. The objective of this study was to investigate the immediate effect of capacitive resistive monopolar radiofrequency (RF=448 kHz), in comparison with a place...
Abstract Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Kinesio Taping and sham Kinesio Taping on pain, pressure pain threshold, cervical range of motion, and disability in cervical myofascial pain syndrome patients (MPS). Methods: This study was designed as a randomized, doub...
BACKGROUND: Acupuncture stimulates points on the body, influencing the perception of myofascial pain or altering physiologic functions. OBJECTIVE: The aim was to evaluate the effect of electroacupuncture (EAC) and acupuncture (AC) for myofascial pain of the upper trapezius and cervical range of motion, u...
Una paciente de 19 años de edad con sindrome doloroso miofacial tratada mediante férulas miorelajantes durante cuatro años sin resultados positivos, fue transferida al área de ortodoncia. Se diagnósticó maloclusión Clase I. Antes, durante y después del tratamiento ortodóncico se realizaron regis...
La corriente más importante del pensamiento médico sobre el origen del dolor lumbar gira alrededor de los transtornos degenerativos (espondiloartrosis), las desviaciones posturales o estructurales de columna, la patología discal con o sin compresión radicular, las malformaciones congénitas vertebral...
