A proposed experimental model of myofascial trigger points in human muscle after slow eccentric exercise

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 2-13

  Itoh, Kazunori ^a   Okada, Kaoru ^a   Kawakita, Kenji ^a   White, Adrian ^b   Cummings, Mike ^b  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acupuncture point; Controlled trial; Eccentric exercise; Fascia; Myofascial trigger point; Palpable band

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 1942488172     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.22.1.2     Document Type: Article

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