RETRACTED: Comparison between the immediate effect of manual pressure release and strain/counterstrain techniques on latent trigger point of upper trapezius muscle

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The authors have plagiarized part of a paper that had already appeared in Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies: “Effect of ischemic pressure using a Backnobber II device on discomfort associated with myofascial trigger points” by Gulick, D., et al (Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies (2011) 15, 319–325, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1360859210000987). One of the conditions of submission of a paper for publication is that authors declare explicitly that their work is original and has not appeared in a publication elsewhere. Re-use of any data should be appropriately cited. As such this article represents abuse of the scientific publishing system. The scientific community takes a very strong view on this matter and apologies are offered to readers of the journal that this was not detected during the submission process.