Correlation Between Trapezius Trigger Points and Head/Neck Posture In Subjects With Frozen Shoulder Deshmukh Anagha1,*, Bathia Khushboo2, Kanase Smita3, Jadhav Amrutkuvar4 1Intern, Faculty of Physiotherapy, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed to be University, Karad, Maharashtra, India 2Assistant Professor, Department of Sports Physiotherapy, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed to be University, Karad, Maharashtra, India 3Assistant Professor, Department of Musculoskeletal Sciences, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed to be University, Karad, Maharashtra, India 4Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed to be University, Karad, Maharashtra, India *Corresponding Author: Anagha Deshmukh, Intern, Faculty of Physiotherapy, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences Deemed to be University, Karad, Maharashtra, India, e-mail: anaghad22@gmail.com
Online published on 4 April, 2020. Abstract Objective To find out correlation between head/neck posture and trigger points in upper trapezius muscle in frozen shoulder subjects. Method A total of 48 subjects (28 females and 20 males) between the age group 40–60 years with stage 2 of frozen shoulder were selected for the assessment of head/neck posture and trigger points in upper trapezius. Outcome assessment for head/neck posture included cranial vertical angle (CVA), cranial rotation angle (CRA); upper trapezius trigger points were explored through palpation. Both the readings were compared and analysed by Pearson correlation test using SPSS (version 20). Result Poor correlation between CVA and upper trapezius trigger points-(r=0.1647) whereas correlation between CRA and trigger points in upper trapezius-(r=-0.0972) in subjects with frozen shoulder which was statistically insignificant. Conclusion There is weak influence of head/neck posture and trigger points in upper trapezius. i.e. there is no greater/smaller deviational change in the forward head posture (FHP) in association with trigger points in upper trapezius in frozen shoulder subjects. Top Keywords Cranial vertical angle, cranial rotation angle, head/neck posture, trigger points. Top |