Trigger points and tender points. One and the same? does injection treatment help?

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 305-322

  Borg Stein, J ^a   Stein, J ^a  

^a NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DICLOFENAC; LIDOCAINE; PREDNISOLONE;

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EXERCISE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030010144     PISSN: 0889857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-857X(05)70274-X     Document Type: Article

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