A Comparative Study of Effectiveness between Myofascial Release and Pressure Release on Pain and Ankle Range of Motion in Adults with Soleus Myofascial Trigger Points
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.12974/2313-0954.2014.01.02.6Keywords:
Myofascial release, Trigger points, Pressure release, 10 point Numerical Rating Scale (NRS), Soleus muscleAbstract
Study Design: Experimental study design.
Background: Myofascial release and Pressure release are the two techniques used for the treatment of active myofascial trigger points. To our knowledge there are no prospective, randomized studies in the literature investigating the comparison between the effects of 2 different manual therapy techniques (myofascial release and pressure release) on myofacsial trigger points of soleus.
Purpose of the study: To determine the effects of Myofascial release and Pressure release techniques on pain and ankle range of motion in patient with soleus myofascial trigger point.
Method: 30 subjects having active myofascial trigger points in soleus muscle were randomly assigned to either control group or experimental group. Readings were taken for Pain using Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) and ankle dorsiflexion range of motion (ROM) with goniometer before treatment and immediately after treatment.
Results: Data analysis was performed using SPSS software 17 version. In both the group significant improvement occurred in NRS score and ROM. Between groups analysis revealed that there was no significant difference in NRS score and ROM between both groups.
Conclusion: Both manual therapy techniques i.e. Myofascial release and Pressure release were found to be effective in reducing pain and increasing ankle dorsiflexion range of motion. However the subjects treated with myofascial release and pressure release showed similar benefit in terms of reduction of pain on NRS and improved ROM. Hence it’s concluded that Myofascial release and Pressure release both are effective therapeutic option in the treatment of myofascial trigger point.
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