Skin Resistivity Value of Upper Trapezius Latent Trigger Points

Introduction. The skin resistivity (SkR) measurement is commonly recommended for acupoints measurement, but for trigger points (TrPs) only one study is available. The purpose of the study was to evaluate SkR for latent TrPs compared to non-TrPs and the surrounding tissue. Material and Methods. Forty...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:BioMed research international 2015-01, Vol.2015 (2015), p.1-6
Main Authors: Samborski, Włodzimierz, Bednarek, Agata, Zawadziński, Jarosław, Skorupska, Elżbieta
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acupuncture Points
Clinical Study
Data analysis
Electrophysiology
Female
Gender
Humans
Male
Medical research
Methods
Observations
Pain
Physiological aspects
Skin
Skin Physiological Phenomena
Studies
Superficial Back Muscles - physiology
Trigger Points - physiology
Weightlifting
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Introduction. The skin resistivity (SkR) measurement is commonly recommended for acupoints measurement, but for trigger points (TrPs) only one study is available. The purpose of the study was to evaluate SkR for latent TrPs compared to non-TrPs and the surrounding tissue. Material and Methods. Forty-two healthy volunteers with unilateral latent upper trapezius TrPs (12 men, 30 women) aged 21–23 (mean age: 22.1 ± 0.6 y) participated in the study. Keithley electrometer 610B was used for measuring SkR (Ag/AgCl self-adhesive, disposable ground electrode: 30 mm diameter). SkR was measured for latent TrPs and compared to opposite non-TrPs sites and the surrounding tissue. Results. The SkR decrease of TrPs-positive sites as compared to TrPs-negative sites and the surrounding tissue was confirmed. However, no statistically significant difference in the SkR value occurred when all data were analyzed. The same was confirmed after gender division and for TrPs-positive subjects examined for referred pain and twitch response presence. Conclusion. SkR reactive changes at latent TrPs are possible but the results were not consistent with the previous study. Thus, caution in applying SkR to latent TrPs isolation is recommended and its clinical use should not be encouraged yet. Further studies, especially on active TrPs, are yet required.
ISSN:2314-6133
2314-6141
DOI:10.1155/2015/351726