The efficacy of progressive muscle relaxation on pressure pain threshold of trapezius muscle tender points
Item
- Title
- The efficacy of progressive muscle relaxation on pressure pain threshold of trapezius muscle tender points
- Author(s)
- Smith, Sian
- Abstract
- ObjectivesThe aim of the current study was to investigate the effects of an isolated short-duration progressive muscle relaxation technique on pressure pain threshold of both the dominant and non-dominant sides of the trapezius muscle. Design15 healthy, asymptomatic male subjects (mean age = 27 years, SD = ± 7.01) participated in a single-blinded, randomised, controlled, cross-over design. Subjects were randomly assigned to either control, sham or progressive muscle relaxation and with a wash-out period of 1 week, participated in each group. Pressure-pain threshold values of pre-located tender points within both dominant and non-dominant sides of the trapezius muscle were obtained using a hand-held digital algometer both before and immediately after each intervention. A two way repeated measures ANOVA was used for statisticalanalysis with significance set at p < 0.05. ResultsA two-way repeated measures ANOVA revealed an increase of + 0.9 kg/cm2 of the dominant side in the progressive muscle relaxation group postintervention although this was not found to be statistically significant (p = 0.143). The sham group results remained constant whilst there was a very slight decrease of - 0.2kg/cm2 in the control group, again showing no statistical significance. Pressure pain threshold of the non-dominant side also showed no statistical significance between groups (p = 0.250). There was found to be no change in PPT values of the control group, whilst both sham and progressive muscle relaxation intervention revealed a negligible change of + 0.1kg/cm2. ConclusionAn isolated short-duration progressive muscle relaxation technique was not found to be effective in significantly reducing pressure pain perception of either dominant or non-dominant sides of the trapezius muscle in healthy male subjects. Further investigations are necessitated to establish the potential efficacy of a longer-duration isolated progressive muscle relaxation intervention and the potential supremacy of either audiotape or investigator led direction of the technique.
- presented at
- British College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Date Accepted
- 2013
- Date Submitted
- 14.11.2018 11:51:21
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Number of pages
- 28
- Submitted by:
- 4457
- Pub-Identifier
- 16322
- Inst-Identifier
- 1076
- Keywords
- algometer, fibromyalgia, pressure pain threshold, progressive muscle relaxation, relaxation techniques
- Recommended
- 0
- Item sets
- Thesis
Smith, Sian, “The efficacy of progressive muscle relaxation on pressure pain threshold of trapezius muscle tender points”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed May 4, 2024, https://www.osteopathicresearch.com/s/orw/item/2027