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NECK POSITION ACCURACY, KINESTHESIA, KINEMATIC IMPAIRMENT, MOTOR CONTROL AND PAIN: A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL STUDY IN PATIENTS WITH UPPER TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE TRIGGER POINT BEFORE AND AFTER FATIGUE
Joint Event on 7th International Conference and Exhibition on PHARMACOLOGY AND ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY & 5th GLOBAL PHYSIOTHERAPY, PHYSICAL REHABILITATION AND SPORTS MEDICINE
March 27-28, 2019 | Amsterdam, Netherlands
Roya Mehdikhani, Olyaei Gholam Reza, Hadian Mohammad Reza, Talebian Moghadam Saeed and Shadmehr Azadeh
Tehran University of Medical Science, Iran
Scientific Tracks Abstracts : Asian J Biomed Pharmaceut Sci
Abstract:
Fatigue of the neck musculature has been shown to alter the upper limb proprioception, motor patterns, and
kinematics. The objective of this work was to investigate the cervical position sense and EMG responses of
cervical muscles during head reposition movements in students with and without an upper trapezius muscle
trigger point.
Result: Neck pain and myofascial trigger point alter cervical kinematics probably due to altered timing. As
hypothesized, fatigue impacted cervical kinematics more in healthy participants, possibly because altered
neck motor control in patients meant that this group was less able to compensate further in response to neck
muscle fatigue. Significant increases in PPT were observed following fatigue applied to the pre-determined
MTrP, but no significant change was demonstrated in the sham control group. During application of sustained
isometric contraction, the local MTrP tenderness decreased and this appeared to be due to a change in tissue
sensitivity rather than an unintentional release of pressure by the practitioner. Fatigue appeared to be an effective
therapy for MTrPs in the upper trapezius.
Biography:
Roya Mehdikhani from Iran is a Physiotherapist and currently persuing PhD from Tehran University of Medical Science (physical department).
E-mail: Mehdikhani.physicaltherapy@gmail.com
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