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EFFECTS OF MYOFASCIAL–MERIDIAN STIMULATION THERAPY (MMST) ON SHOULDER PAIN

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Pages 1175-1181 | Received 27 Sep 2004, Published online: 07 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Fifty patients with shoulder pain were classified into two groups according to the type of pain: a capsular-pattern group (N = 22) and a non-capsular-pattern group (N = 28). Both groups received myofascial–meridian stimulation therapy four times in two weeks. After therapy, the pain level was significantly lower in the capsular-pattern than in the non-capsular-pattern group. The capsular-pattern group showed a nonsignificant trend toward greater range of motion than the non-capsular-pattern group. These data suggest that myofascial–meridian stimulation therapy might be useful as a new treatment to reduce pain and increase range of motion in patients with shoulder pain.

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