Orhan, Ceren Özgül, Serap Baran, Emine Üzelpasacı, Esra Akbayrak, Türkan
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Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics
The aim of the present study was to determine and compare the effects of connective tissue manipulation (CTM) and abdominal massage when combined with usual care on the symptoms of constipation and quality of life (QoL) immediately following a 4-week treatment in patients suffering from chronic constipation. A total of 60 patients with chronic cons...
Leite, William B Oliveira, Matheus L Ferreira, Isabella C Anjos, Carolina F Barbosa, Michelle A Barbosa, Alexandre C
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Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics
The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of 4-week protocol of diacutaneous fibrolysis (DF) compared with simulated DF (sham-DF) on myalgia and mouth opening. In a sham randomized controlled trial, 34 women with temporomandibular disorders and myofascial pain were randomly divided as intervention group (IG) and sham-DF group (SG). The IG...
De la Fuente, Carlos Silvestre, Rony Baechler, Paula Gemigniani, Antonia Grunewaldt, Karol Vassiliu, Maria Wodehouse, Valeria Delgado, Mauricio Carpes, Felipe P
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Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics
The purpose of this study was to compare changes in thickness of the transverse abdominis during performance of the hollowing exercise guided by feedback using ultrasonography images together with verbal guidance and using verbal guidance alone. We also determined the minimal detectable change and agreement between normalized pressures and muscle t...
Bagheri, Rasool Hedayati, Rozita Ehsani, Fatemeh Hemati-Boruojeni, Nasim Abri, Afsane Taghizadeh Delkhosh, Cyrus
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Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics
Nonspecific chronic low back pain (NCLBP) is a major public health and global socioeconomic burden with a variety of symptoms, such as fear-avoidance behaviors. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) associated with stabilization exercise (SE) on thickness of transverse abdominis (TrA) muscle in patients with ...
Rodríguez-Fuentes, Iván De Toro, Francisco J Rodríguez-Fuentes, Gustavo de Oliveira, Iris M Meijide-Faílde, Rosa Fuentes-Boquete, Isaac M
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Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics
The aim of this study was to do a cost-benefit analysis of myofascial release therapy (MRT) compared to manual therapy (MT) for treating occupational mechanical neck pain. Variables regarding the outcomes of the intervention were intensity of neck pain, cervical disability, quality of life, craniovertebral angle, and ranges of cervical motion. Cost...
Navarro-Ledesma, Santiago Fernandez-Sanchez, Manuel Struyf, Filip Luque Suarez, Alejandro
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Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics
Our aim was to analyze whether shoulder pain is related to scapular upward rotation (SUR) or to the lengths of the pectoralis minor and levator scapulae muscles. This cross-sectional, observational study was carried out in 3 primary-care centers; 54 individuals with chronic shoulder pain participated. Scapular upward rotation and the lengths of the...
Wang, Gang Wang, Xinglin Gao, Qian Zhou, Ming Wang, Ning
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Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics
This study aimed to investigate the effect of dry needling (DN) with 44°C heating on the pressure pain threshold (PPT) of rats with chronic myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) by regulating the transient receptor potential V1 channel. A total of 80 rats were divided into 5 groups: A, B, C, D, and E (16 in each group). The rats in Group A recovered natur...
Mustafaoğlu, Rüstem Birinci, Tansu Mutlu, Ebru Kaya Ozdincler, Arzu Razak
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Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics
The purpose of this study was to identify factors contributing to normal mobility or hypermobility of the chest wall. Seventy-eight young adults were divided into 2 groups: patients with normal mobility (group 1, n = 40) and hypermobility of the chest wall (group 2, n = 38). The mean mobility of the chest wall in groups 1 and 2 was 9.9 and 6.1 cm, ...
Bjorkkvist, Johan E Peterson, Gunnel Peolsson, Anneli
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Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics
Neck-specific exercise can reduce neck pain and increase function, but information on how different neck muscle layers are activated during neck exercises is scarce. The aim of this study was to investigate deformation and deformation rate in 5 dorsal neck muscles and the correlation among these muscles during a loaded dynamic exercise used in clin...
Bahadır Ağce, Zeynep Şahın, Sedef Yaran, Mahmut Yüce, Deniz Bumin, Gonca
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Journal of manipulative and physiological therapeutics
The aim of this study was first to translate and culturally adapt the BQN, and then to investigate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the BQN in Turkish individuals with chronic neck pain. The English version of the BQN was translated into Turkish with permission from its authors. That translation was assessed using 85 participa...
