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Skin Resistivity Value of Upper Trapezius Latent Trigger Points
Joint Authors
Skorupska, Elżbieta
Zawadziński, Jarosław
Bednarek, Agata
Samborski, Włodzimierz
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-06-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Introduction.
The skin resistivity (SkR) measurement is commonly recommended for acupoints measurement, but for trigger points (TrPs) only one study is available.
The purpose of the study was to evaluate SkR for latent TrPs compared to non-TrPs and the surrounding tissue.
Material and Methods.
Forty-two healthy volunteers with unilateral latent upper trapezius TrPs (12 men, 30 women) aged 21–23 (mean age: 22.1 ± 0.6 y) participated in the study.
Keithley electrometer 610B was used for measuring SkR (Ag/AgCl self-adhesive, disposable ground electrode: 30 mm diameter).
SkR was measured for latent TrPs and compared to opposite non-TrPs sites and the surrounding tissue.
Results.
The SkR decrease of TrPs-positive sites as compared to TrPs-negative sites and the surrounding tissue was confirmed.
However, no statistically significant difference in the SkR value occurred when all data were analyzed.
The same was confirmed after gender division and for TrPs-positive subjects examined for referred pain and twitch response presence.
Conclusion.
SkR reactive changes at latent TrPs are possible but the results were not consistent with the previous study.
Thus, caution in applying SkR to latent TrPs isolation is recommended and its clinical use should not be encouraged yet.
Further studies, especially on active TrPs, are yet required.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Skorupska, Elżbieta& Zawadziński, Jarosław& Bednarek, Agata& Samborski, Włodzimierz. 2015. Skin Resistivity Value of Upper Trapezius Latent Trigger Points. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055154
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Skorupska, Elżbieta…[et al.]. Skin Resistivity Value of Upper Trapezius Latent Trigger Points. BioMed Research International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055154
American Medical Association (AMA)
Skorupska, Elżbieta& Zawadziński, Jarosław& Bednarek, Agata& Samborski, Włodzimierz. Skin Resistivity Value of Upper Trapezius Latent Trigger Points. BioMed Research International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1055154
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1055154