The effectiveness of needling of myofascial trigger points on internal- external muscle peak torque and total work ratios of the shoulder rotator myoatatic unit in overhead throwing athletes suffering from myofascial pain and dysfunction syndrome

Description

Thesis (M.Tech.: Chiropractic)-Dept. of Chiropractic,Durban Institute of Technology, 2005

xxi, 132, 34 leaves ; ill. ; 30 cm / To assess and quantify the number, severity and specific location of myofascial trigger points within the shoulder rotator muscle group. To assess the internal/external ratio of the dominant shoulder in throwing athletes using a Cybex 700 dynamometer, after intervention and to establish a comparable clinical profile of the participants.

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1. DIT112549
2. http://hdl.handle.net/10321/185

Tags

Chiropractic

Chiropractic--Dissertations, Academic

Myofascial pain syndromes

Shoulder pain

Sports medicine

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:dut/oai:ir.dut.ac.za:10321/185
Date	January 2005
Creators	Royce, Nicholas
Source Sets	South African National ETD Portal
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Thesis