Treatment of chronic resistant myofascial pain using a multidisciplinary protocol [The myofascial pain program]

Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-9

  Sorrell, Michael R ^a,b,c   Flanagan, William ^c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Neurosurg and Neurol Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical neurophysiology; Global Self Assessment Scale of Improvement; McGill Pain Scale; Myofascial pain; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; SLEEP;

EID: 0043156126     PISSN: 10582452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J094v11n01_02     Document Type: Article

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