Myofascial Trigger Points

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-239

  Lavelle, Elizabeth Demers ^a   Lavelle, William ^a   Smith, Howard S ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; CHLOROETHANE; CORTICOSTEROID; DICHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PROCAINE; TRICHLOROFLUOROMETHANE;

ANALGESIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; MASSAGE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NEEDLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TRIGGER POINT; ULTRASOUND;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 33847235056     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2006.12.004     Document Type: Review

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