The effectiveness of simultaneous thermotherapy with ultrasound and electrotherapy with combined AC and DC current on the immediate pain relief of myofascial trigger points

Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-90

  Lee, Jason C ^a   Lin, Doris T ^a   Hong, Chang Zern ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

electrotherapy; myofascial pain syndrome; Ultrasound thermotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATING CURRENT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EID: 0031029704     PISSN: 10582452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J094v05n01_06     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Fishbain DA, Goldberg M, Meagher BR, Steele R, Rosomoff H: Male and female chronic pain patients categorized by DSM-III psychiatric diagnostic criteria. Pain 26:181-197, 1986.
2. Fricton JR, Kroening R, Haley D, Siegert R: Myofascial pain syndrome of the head and neck: A review of clinical characteristics of 164 patients. Oral Surg 60:615-623, 1985.
3. Sola AE, Bonica JJ: Myofascial pain syndromes. Chapter 21 in The Management of Pain, J.J. Bonica, J.D. Loeser, C.R. Chapman, W.E. Fordyce (Eds.), 2nd Ed. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, 1990, pp. 352-367.
4. Rosen NB: The myofascial pain syndrome. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America 4(Feb):41-63, 1993.
5. Travell JG, Simons DG: Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The trigger point manual. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1983(Volume 1)/ 1992(Volume 2).
6. Simons, DG: Myofascial pain syndrome due to trigger points. Chapter 45 in Rehabilitation Medicine. Edited by Goodgold. Mosby, St. Louis, 1988, pp. 686-723.
7. Fricton, JR: Management of myofascial pain syndrome, In Myofascial Pain and Fibromyalgia. Advances in Pain Research and Therapy, Volume 17. Edited by JR Friction, EA Awad. Raven Press, New York, 1990, pp. 325-346.
8. Rachlin ES: Trigger points. Chap. 7 in Myofascial Pain and Fibromyalgia. Edited by ES Rachlin. Mosby, St. Louis, 1994, pp. 145-157.
9. Simons, DG: Myofascial pain syndromes. In Current Therapy of Pain. Edited by KM Foley and RM Payne. B.C. Decker Inc., Philadelphia, 1989, pp. 251-266.
10. Simons DG, Travell JG: Myofascial pain syndromes. Chapter 25 in Textbook of Pain. Edited by PD Wall, R Melzack. Churchill Livingstone, New York, 1989, pp. 368-385.
11. Simons DG: Muscular Pain Syndromes. Chapter 1 in Myofascial Pain and Fibromyalgia. Advances in Pain Research and Therapy, Volume 17. Edited by JR Fricton JR, EA Awad. Raven Press, New York, 1990, pp. 1-41.
12. Hong C-Z, Simons DG: Response to treatment for pectoralis minor myofascial pain syndrome after whiplash. J Musculoske Pain 1(1):89-131, 1993.
13. Fricton, JR: Myofascial pain syndrome. Neurologic Clinics 7(2): 413-427, 1989.
14. Gerwin RD: The management of myofascial pain syndrome. J Musculoske Pain 1(3/4):83-94, 1993.
15. Kahn J: Electrical modalities in the treatment of myofascial conditions. In Myofascial pain and fibromyalgia, Trigger point management. Edited by ES Rachlin. Mosby. St. Louis, 1994, pp. 473-485.
16. Kahn J: Principles and Practice of Electrotherapy, 3rd Ed. Churchill Livingstone Inc., 1994. pp. 53-73.
17. Hong C-Z, Chen Y-C, Pon CH, Yu J: Immediate effects of various physical medicine modalities on pain threshold of the active myofascial trigger points. J Musculoske Pain, 1(2):37-53, 1993.
18. Fischer AA: Pressure threshold meter: Its use for quantification of tender spots. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 67:836-838, 1986.
19. Fischer AA: Pressure threshold measurement for diagnosis of myofascial pain and evaluation of treatment results. The Clinical Journal of Pain 2:207-214, 1987.
20. Fischer AA: Pressure algometry (Dolorimetry) in differential diagnosis of muscle pain. In Myofascial pain and fibromyalgia, Trigger point management. Edited by ES Rachlin. Mosby, St. Louis, 1994, pp. 121-141.
21. Reeves JL, Jaeger B, Graff-Radford SB: Reliability of the pressure algometer as a measure of myofascial trigger point sensitivity. Pain 24:313-321, 1986.
22. Ohrbach R, Gale EN: Pressure pain thresholds, clinical assessment, and different diagnosis: reliability and validity in patients with myogenic pain. Pain 39:157-169, 1989.
23. Lehmann JF, deLateur BJ: Ultrasound, short wave, microwave, superficial heat and cold in the treatment of pain. In Textbook of Pain. Edited by PD Wall, R Melzack, Churchill Livingstone, New York, 1989, pp. 932-941.
24. Lehmann JF, Dundore DE, Esselman PC, Nelp WB: Microwave diathermy: effects on experimental muscle hematoma resolution. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 64:127-129, 1983.
25. Liberson WT: Electrotherapy. Chapter 10 in Current Therapy in Physiatry: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Edited by AP Ruskin. WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1984, pp. 161-191.
26. Sjölund BH, Eriksson BE: Endorphins and analgesia produced by peripheral conditioning stimulation. In Advances in Pain Research and Therapy, Vol. 3. Edited by JJ Bonica, JC Liebeskind and DG Albe-Fessard, Raven Press, New York, 1979, pp. 585-592.
27. Graff-Radford SB, Reeves JL, Baker RL, Chiu D: Effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation on myofascial pain and trigger point sensitivity. Pain 37:1-5, 1989.
28. Melzack R, Wall PD: Pain mechanisms: a new theory. Science 150: 971-979, 1965.