Myofascial trigger points: another way of modulating tinnitus

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 166, Issue , 2007, Pages 209-214

  Rocha, Carina A C Bezerra ^a   Sanchez, Tanit Ganz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

chronic pain; muscle; myofascial pain syndrome; myofascial trigger points; referred pain; tinnitus

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGITAL COMPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; MASSETER MUSCLE; MODULATION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TINNITUS;

HUMANS; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NEURALGIA; PAIN, REFERRED; TINNITUS;

EID: 35348955938     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(07)66018-X     Document Type: Review

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