Inhibitory effect of dry needling on the spontaneous electrical activity recorded from myofascial trigger spots of rabbit skeletal muscle

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 729-735

  Chen, Jo Tong ^a,b   Chung, Kao Chi ^a   Hou, Chuen Ru ^a   Kuan, Ta Shen ^a   Chen, Shu Min ^a   Hong, Chang Zern ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Abnormal Endplate Potentials; Local Twitch Response; Myofascial Pain Syndrome; Myofascial Trigger Points; Needle Injection

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; NEEDLES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DRY NEEDLING; SPONTANEOUS ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY (SEA);

MUSCLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; FACE MUSCLE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; RABBIT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; RABBITS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0034833863     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002060-200110000-00004     Document Type: Article

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