Responsiveness of Myofascial Trigger Points to Single and Multiple Trigger Point Release Massages: A Randomized, Placebo Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to assess the effects of single and multiple massage treatments on pressure-pain threshold (PPT) at myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) in people with myofascial pain syndrome expressed as tension-type headache.

Design

Individuals (n = 62) with episodic or chronic tension-type headache were randomized to receive 12 twice-weekly 45-min massage or sham ultrasound sessions or wait-list control. Massage focused on trigger point release (ischemic compression) of MTrPs in the bilateral upper trapezius and suboccipital muscles. PPT was measured at MTrPs with a pressure algometer pre and post the first and final (12th) treatments.

Results

PPT increased across the study timeframe in all four muscle sites tested for massage, but not sham ultrasound or w

SUBMITTER: Moraska AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5561477 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature