Comparison of laser, dry needling, and placebo laser treatments in myofascial pain syndrome

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 306-311

  Ilbuldu, Ebru ^a   Cakmak, Aysegul ^a   Disci, Rian ^a   Aydin, Resa ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUES; DRY NEEDLING; PAIN THRESHOLD;

DISEASE CONTROL; MUSCLE; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT TREATMENT; TISSUE;

LASER BEAM EFFECTS;

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY NEEDLING; FOLLOW UP; HELIUM NEON LASER; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KINESIOTHERAPY; LONG TERM CARE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TECHNIQUE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FACIAL NEURALGIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444350333     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2004.22.306     Document Type: Article

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