Identifying and treating myofascial pain syndrome

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Fomby, Elizabeth W ^c   Mellion, Morris B ^a,b  

^a Sports Medicine Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE; TRICHLOROFLUOROMETHANE;

BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERGONOMICS; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MASSAGE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0342275264     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.1997.02.1674     Document Type: Review

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