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Ethnopharmacology 2019

& Physiotherapy Congress 2019

Asian Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

ISSN: 2249-622X | Volume 9

Page 40

OF EXCELLENCE

IN INTERNATIONAL

MEETINGS

YEARS

March 27-28, 2019 | Amsterdam, Netherlands

PHARMACOLOGY AND ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY

International Conference and Exhibition on

GLOBAL PHYSIOTHERAPY, PHYSICAL

REHABILITATION AND SPORTS MEDICINE

Joint Event on

NECK POSITION ACCURACY, KINESTHESIA, KINEMATIC IMPAIRMENT, MO-

TOR CONTROL AND PAIN: A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL STUDY IN PA-

TIENTS WITH UPPER TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE TRIGGER POINT BEFORE AND

AFTER FATIGUE

RoyaMehdikhani, Olyaei GholamReza, HadianMohammad Reza, TalebianMoghadam

Saeed

and

Shadmehr Azadeh

Tehran University of Medical Science, Iran

atigue 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 effec-

tive therapy for MTrPs in the upper trapezius.

Roya Mehdikhani et al., Asian J Biomed Pharmaceut Sci 2019, Volume 9 | DOI: 10.4066/2249-622X-C1-017

Roya Mehdikhani from Iran is a Physiotherapist and currently persuing PhD from Tehran University of Medical Science

(physical department).

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