Trigger points and myofascial pain: Toward understanding how they affect headaches

Cephalalgia

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 436-448

  Davidoff, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Headaches; Muscle; Myofascial pain; Referred pain; Trigger points

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERALGESIA; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NEURALGIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NECK PAIN; NEURALGIA; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS; TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE;

EID: 0031720779     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-2982.1998.1807436.x     Document Type: Article

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