Effectiveness of muscle stretching exercises with and without laser therapy at tender points for patients with fibromyalgia.

Luciana Akemi Matsutani, A P Marques, Elizabeth Alves Gonçalves Ferreira, Ana Assumpção, Liana Valente Lage, Raquel Aparecida Casarotto, Carlos Alberto de Bragança Pereira

PubMed · 2007 · 75 citations · 18 references

Abstract

The stretching exercises program proposed is efficient to reduce pain and painful sensibility at tender points, thus enhancing patients' quality of life. Laser therapy has not shown advantages when added to muscle stretching exercises.

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