weeks, and had at least one trigger point in the scapular
region (serratus posterior superior, rhomboid groups and
levator scapulae muscles). Trigger points were diagnosed as
the presence of tender points within palpable taut bands of
muscle in areas that the patient identified as painful.
The criteria for exclusion was based on any history of
disease or other disorder which may be contraindicated for
TTM such as contagious skin disease, injury or inflammation
of the muscle, bone fracture and/or joint dislocation, open
wounds, uncontrolled hypertension, drug and/or alcohol
intoxication, a history of rotator cuff dysfunction, cervical
radiculopathy, degenerative shoulder joint disease or
shoulder stiffness.
Each patient signed an informed consent form prior to
the baseline examination.
Procedure
Randomization
The twenty patients who met the above inclusion/exclusion
criteria were randomly allocated to either the TTM group or
the PT group using block randomized allocation with block
sizes of 2, 4, and 6. Groups were assigned using a pregenerated
random assignment scheme enclosed in envelopes
(STATA Version 10), which resulted in a total of 10
patients per group.
weeks, and had at least one trigger point in the scapular
region (serratus posterior superior, rhomboid groups and
levator scapulae muscles). Trigger points were diagnosed as
the presence of tender points within palpable taut bands of
muscle in areas that the patient identified as painful.
The criteria for exclusion was based on any history of
disease or other disorder which may be contraindicated for
TTM such as contagious skin disease, injury or inflammation
of the muscle, bone fracture and/or joint dislocation, open
wounds, uncontrolled hypertension, drug and/or alcohol
intoxication, a history of rotator cuff dysfunction, cervical
radiculopathy, degenerative shoulder joint disease or
shoulder stiffness.
Each patient signed an informed consent form prior to
the baseline examination.
Procedure
Randomization
The twenty patients who met the above inclusion/exclusion
criteria were randomly allocated to either the TTM group or
the PT group using block randomized allocation with block
sizes of 2, 4, and 6. Groups were assigned using a pregenerated
random assignment scheme enclosed in envelopes
(STATA Version 10), which resulted in a total of 10
patients per group.
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