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Effects of myofascial-meridian stimulation therapy (mmst) on shoulder pain.

Cho SH, Shin BC, Kim IH

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, School of Oriental Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Republic of Korea.

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.

Published 25 July 2005 in Int J Neurosci, 115(8): 1175-81.
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