Contributions of myofascial trigger points to chronic tension type headache

Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 222-231

  Fernández De Las Peñas, César ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^b   Simons, David G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Algogenic Substances; Central Sensitization; Myofascial Trigger Points; Referred Pain; Tension Type Headache

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NECK MUSCLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PALPATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SHOULDER; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 33846207998     PISSN: 10669817     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/106698106790820016     Document Type: Review

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