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Participants
Start Date
February 29, 2004
Primary Completion Date
July 31, 2006
Study Completion Date
March 31, 2007
Stretching exercises
Treatment consisted of eight individual sessions (once a week), over two months. At the first 10 minutes of sessions, patients rested (supine position) with all limbs relaxed. Manual therapy maneuvers were made as described by Bienfait,17 associated to breathing exercises, in order to stretch the fasciae that recover the shoulders, as well as the cervical spine muscles. After that, stretching treatment (global or static) was conducted for another 30 minutes.
Stretching exercises
Treatment consisted of eight individual sessions (once a week), over two months. At the first 10 minutes of sessions, patients rested (supine position) with all limbs relaxed. Manual therapy maneuvers were made as described by Bienfait,17 associated to breathing exercises, in order to stretch the fasciae that recover the shoulders, as well as the cervical spine muscles. After that, stretching treatment (global or static) was conducted for another 30 minutes.
Exercises
Treatment consisted of eight individual sessions (once a week), over two months. At the first 10 minutes of sessions, patients rested (supine position) with all limbs relaxed. Manual therapy maneuvers were made as described by Bienfait,17 associated to breathing exercises, in order to stretch the fasciae that recover the shoulders, as well as the cervical spine muscles. After that, stretching treatment (global or static) was conducted for another 30 minutes.
Physicaltherapy, Speech and Ocupational Therapy Department, Rua Cipotânea, 51
Clinical Hospital of University of São Paulo, São Paulo
University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
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