Trigger points: Update of the clinical aspects

Europa Medicophysica

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-43

  Testa, M ^a,b   Barbero, M ^a   Gherlone, E ^a,c  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis Muscle Skeletal; Myofascial pain syndromes; Pain

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MOTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PALPATION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0038327895     PISSN: 00142573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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