The Effect of Dry Needling of the Trigger Points of Shoulder Muscles on Pain and Grip Strength in Patients with Lateral Epicondylitis: A Pilot Study

• Autors principals: Alireza Kheradmandi (Autor), Maryam Ebrahimian (Autor), Farahnaz Ghaffarinejad (Autor), Venous Ehyaii (Autor), Mohammad Reza Farazdaghi (Autor)
• Format: Llibre
• Publicat: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Matèries: article
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Background: Lateral epicondylitis, also known as tennis elbow, is the most common overuse syndrome of the elbow. The severity of pain may not be directly caused by tendinopathy of wrist extensors since trigger points of the shoulder muscles have a referral zone in the arm and elbow. Therefore the ai...