Does EMG (dry needling) reduce myofascial pain symptoms due to cervical nerve root irritation?

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 259-272

  Chu, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; NEEDLE; NERVE ROOT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SPINAL ROOT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NECK PAIN; NEEDLES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 0030808304     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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