Myofascial pain syndrome affecting the piriformis and the obturator internus muscle

Pain Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 361-363

  Dalmau Carolà, Joan ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Obturator internus injection; Piriformis syndrome

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; IOHEXOL; TRIAMCINOLONE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TRAINING; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGGER POINT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 29144464913     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2005.00039.x     Document Type: Article

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