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 ...

Unlike neurotoxins in the trapezius muscles (known as trap tox), which creates the appearance of a more elongated neck by relaxing muscles at the tops of your shoulders, neck Botox injections are ...

Pearl, MD, spoke about the use of lower trapezius transfer for patients with irreparable rotator cuff tears and no active external rotation. “It’s not a good operation for pain or if they have ...

Objective First, to look for appropriate closed kinetic chain exercises to restore intramuscular imbalance between upper trapezius (UT) and serratus anterior (SA) in overhead athletes. Second, to ...

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 ...