Comparison between newer local anesthetics for myofascial pain syndrome management

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 353-357

  Zaralidou, A Th ^a   Amaniti, Ekaterini N ^b   Maidatsi, P G ^a   Gorgias, N K ^c   Vasilakos, D F ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Saint Paul General Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Levobupivacaine; Myofascial pain; Ropivacaine; Trigger point

Indexed keywords

LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BUPIVACAINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34548358659     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.2007.29.5.1075364     Document Type: Article

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