Bilateral Activation of Motor Unit Potentials with Unilateral Needle Stimulation of Active Myofascial Trigger Points

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 368-374

  Audette, Joseph F ^a,d   Wang, Feng ^b   Smith, Howard ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Electromyography; Local Twitch Response; Myofascial Pain Syndrome; Neuronal Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FASCICULATION; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LEVATOR SCAPULAE MUSCLE; MACHINE; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; NEEDLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECORDING; REVIEW; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NEEDLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1942501548     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PHM.0000118037.61143.7C     Document Type: Review

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