Rachael Lowe

Rachael Lowe is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Physiopedia. A physiotherapist and technology specialist Rachael has been working with Physiopedia since 2008 to create a resource that provides universal access to physiotherapy knowledge as well as a platform for connecting and educating the global physiotherapy profession.

Changes in Pressure Pain Sensitivity in Latent Myofascial Trigger Points in the Upper Trapezius Muscle After a Cervical Spine Manipulation in Pain-Free Subjects

November 14, 2007 by Rachael Lowe

Mariana Ruiz-SÃ¡ez, CÃ©sar FernÃ¡ndez-de-las-PeÃ±as, CleofÃ¡s RodrÃguez Blanco, Raquel MartÃnez-Segura and Rafael GarcÃa-LeÃ³n

This study analyzed the immediate effects on pressure pain threshold in latent myofascial trigger points in the upper trapezius muscle of a single cervical spine manipulation directed at the C3 through C4 level. The results suggest that a cervical spine manipulation directed at the C3 through C4 segment induced changes in pressure pain sensitivity in latent MTrPs in the upper trapezius muscle. The authors conclude that different therapeutic mechanisms, either segmental or central, may be involved at the same time.

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 2007, 30(8), 578-583

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