Understanding and measurement of muscle tone as related to clinical muscle pain

Pain

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-17

  Simons, D G ^a   Mense, S ^b  

^a 3176 Monticello St ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Muscle contracture; Muscle pain; Muscle spasm; Muscle stiffness; Muscle tone; Thixotropy; Trigger points; Viscoelastic tone

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MUSCLE TONE; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TENSION HEADACHE; THIXOTROPY;

EID: 0031747078     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3959(97)00102-4     Document Type: Article

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