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Look up definitions for back and neck injury and chronic pain terms that begin with the letter 'K'.

Key Trigger Points

Key trigger points play a role in myofascial pain syndrome and muscle pain. Key trigger points, like active trigger points can be tender to the touch.

Kinetic Chain

Closed and open kinetic chain exercises work with the principle of the kinetic chain to affect trunk stabilization, postural stabilization and core stability. Closed and open kinetic chain exercises are given as back stabilization exercise to sports and physical therapy patients in sports clinics and back schools at physical therapy clinics.

Definition of Kyphosis

Definition of the term kyphosis, including what kyphosis is and what causes kyphotic curves of the spine.

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