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The purpose of the study is to compare the effect produced by the application of two techniques: the C3 thrust manipulation and the right upper trapezius stretching, assessing the pain at this muscle’s trigger point.

Patients were divided into three groups: two experimental groups, in which the stretching technique of the right upper trapezius and the C3 manipulation technique were performed, and a control group, in which the five-finger cranial listening was performed.

The algometer, the galvanic current machine and the pain analogous scale were the measurement devices used.

The data obtained were submitted to the measurements with the Kappa coefficient in order to assess the interoperator concordance.

This analysis showed that both in the algometric measurement, in the galvanometry and in the analogical scale there was a modification in the application of the Stretching technique; with the manipulation technique the variation was much lower and in the control group there were no modifications neither before nor after the application of the technique. Therefore, we can say that the Stretching maneuver is more effective at reducing pain at the right upper trapezius trigger point than the C3 manipulation maneuver.  

Therefore, we can assert that Stretching is the most appropriate technique to act upon the right upper trapezius trigger point in comparison to the manipulation technique.

 

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