A pulled (or strained) muscle could take a few days to feel better. Severe injury could take weeks to months. Find out what ...

Most often, a pulled muscle in the neck affects the trapezius and the levator scapulae muscles. “The trapezius muscle is ...

IZs were located approximately midway between the seventh cervical vertebrae and the ... are located in well-defined areas in upper trapezius muscle. Moreover, MTrPs in upper trapezius are ...

Participants Thirty-two physically active individuals in good general health who did not have a history of neck and/or shoulder injury or surgery ... we wanted to investigate the influence of using ...

The enrolled neck pain patients showed a mean VAS score of 37.3 ± 15.2 and a mean NDI score of 11 ± 5 out 50. The mean PPT of the MTrPs was 2.6 ± 0.9 kg/cm 2 (Table 1). No significant ...