Revista brasileira de reumatologia
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Rev Bras Reumatol Engl Ed · Mar 2017
Translation and validation of Neck Bournemouth Questionnaire to Brazilian Portuguese.
To translate the Neck Bournemouth Questionnaire to Brazilian Portuguese, cross-culturally adapt, and to verify its validity and its reliability. ⋯ Neck Bournemouth Questionnaire was translated and culturally adapted to Portuguese language, and it demonstrated to be valid and reliable to evaluate patients' neck pain.
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Rev Bras Reumatol Engl Ed · Mar 2017
Randomized Controlled TrialThe effectiveness of Kinesio Taping on pain and disability in cervical myofascial pain syndrome.
The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Kinesio Taping and sham Kinesio Taping on pain, pressure pain threshold, cervical range of motion, and disability in cervical myofascial pain syndrome patients (MPS). ⋯ This study shows that Kinesio Taping leads to improvements on pain, pressure pain threshold and cervical range of motion, but not disability in short time. Therefore, Kinesio Taping can be used as an alternative therapy method in the treatment of patients with MPS.