ArticleMedical & biological engineering & computing2022
Effects of cervicothoracic postures on the stiffness of trapezius muscles.
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- Assessment of Muscle Stiffness Using the MyotonPro: Effects of Fatigue on Vastus Lateralis and Medialis Muscles.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- Assessment of the stiffness of the upper trapezius muscle in a group of asymptomatic people with cervical spine rotation asymmetry.PloS one · 2024Article
- Therapeutic effect of proprioceptive dolphin assisted activities on health-related quality of life and muscle tension, biomechanical and viscoelastic properties in major depressive disorder adults: case analysis.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
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Abstract
The purposes of this study were to (1) examine the effects of different cervicothoracic postures on the stiffness of trapezius muscles and (2) compare the stiffness of the dominant and non-dominant trapezius muscles. Twenty-one healthy participants joined in this project. After maintaining different cervicothoracic postures for 2 min, MyotonPRO was used to measure the stiffness of the trapezius. The results showed that (1) the stiffness of trapezius muscles was significantly affected by different cervicothoracic postures. With the increase of neck flexion angle, the stiffness of the trapezius muscles increased (p < 0.05). The muscle stiffness of upper back relaxed was higher than that of upper back upright (p < 0.05). (2) The trapezius muscles on the non-dominant side were stiffer than that on the dominant side (p < 0.05). Poor cervicothoracic postures will increase the stiffness of upper, middle and lower trapezius muscles. Keeping the neck and upper back upright will keep the muscle stiffness at a low level, so as to reduce the occurrence of neck and shoulder fatigue and pain.
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