Prevalence of and referred pain from myofascial trigger points in the forearm muscles in patients with lateral epicondylalgia

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 353-360

  Fernández Carnero, Josué ^a   Fernández De Las Peñas, César ^a   De La Llave Rincón, Ana Isabel ^a   Ge, Hong You ^b   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Lateral epicondylalgia; Muscle pain; Myofascial trigger point; Pressure pain threshold; Referred pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIORADIALIS MUSCLE; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENNIS ELBOW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, REFERRED; PREVALENCE; TENNIS ELBOW;

EID: 34247520416     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31803b3785     Document Type: Article

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