The short-term effects of acupuncture on myofascial pain patients after clenching

Pain Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 256-264

  Shen, Yoshi F ^a   Goddard, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Alternative medicine; Dry needling; Myofascial pain; Nyofascial pain syndrome; Pain tolerance

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALGOMETER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRUXISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE PAIN; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NECK PAIN; NEEDLE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ADULT; FACIAL NEURALGIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548058097     PISSN: 15307085     EISSN: 15332500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-2500.2007.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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