New trends in myofascial pain syndrome

Chinese Medical Journal (Taipei)

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 501-512

  Hong, Chang Zern ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Endplate potential; Muscle pain; Referred pain; Trigger point

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MASSAGE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NEEDLE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOCICEPTIVE RECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0036874149     PISSN: 05781337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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