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The Effects of Dry Cupping Therapy on Muscle Thickness and Elasticity of Upper Back Muscles

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This study describes how dry cupping affected muscle stiffness objectively
The Eects of Dry Cupping Therapy on Muscle Thickness and Elasticity of
Upper Back Muscles
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 !"#!$"$#!
!"#!%
&'()*++++%,'-.-#-
Introduction/Background
/$$   ! #  0 # "  #  #1 !-  !    "
!$$ $ 0 $- !! !$$ ! ! # 20 314 #  !
!$#$#$,"324-!"!$$$"5# ##
#0$1!!$$"#!-6##0*,
"!$$1!!#1"$$,!!7##$#$$8"
 - #  7,# #  0 $ 36%48  #  #  
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Methods
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9!$$ 0$$#  # 7!#8#  # # !7,!8 3Figure 14-9
1;"##$#$$0#"7PRE8"7POST8#<*"
7POST308#!"7PRE8#"7POST8$$!53Figures 234-,
! / /=! 7//8 ,6 # >?  0 #  $$$- @!! 0  
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Results
&#$0#1@!"!#17$C*-*B8-,
"07D*-)EB8-90@!1! 7<F8D*-<$A*-***
GD*-<H # $ ! 1! 7<F8D+-<E $A*-*B GD*-) " $ ! 1 - 
$$  0  @!   1! 7<F8D+-HH $A*-*B GD*-* ; ! 1!- 9
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0!1!-
Conclusion
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Figure 1-  5$ $$! "
!$$-I"##
 ! 7 !8 #  # 
 7!#8- >  #N
!0#-
Figure 3-  "  #
 " $$ ! !- 
'9+,H-I#-
Graphic 1Graphic 2
&K% &9 &9<*

-E
<-H
+-+
B-
H
H-E
F-H
9
/
&K% &9 &9<*

-E
<-H
+-+
B-
H
H-E
F-H
9
/
Trapezius stifness Paraspinal stifness Paraspinal thickness
Graphic 3
&K% &9
<
<-+
<-E
+-
+-H
B
9
/
Graphic 4
Trepezius thickness
O
O
O
&K% &9
+
+-+
+-E
B-
B-H
H
9

9!?78 1?7&8
PRE POST PRE POST POST30
Trapezius Muscle +-P- +-BP-< H-P<-
F
-E+P<-*
O
+-FP<
-*<
Paraspinal Muscles +-FFP-+< B-+P-FH B-EP-
E
<-FFP-E
E
+-FP
-)
Table 1. Results
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