A Distinct Pattern of Myofascial Findings in Patients After Whiplash Injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1290-1293

  Ettlin, Thierry ^a,b   Schuster, Corina ^a   Stoffel, Robert ^a   Brüderlin, Andreas ^a   Kischka, Udo ^a,c  

^a Reha Rheinfelden   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c OXFORD CENTRE FOR ENABLEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Myofascial pain syndromes; Rehabilitation; Trigger points, myofascial; Whiplash injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOGENOUS DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NECK MUSCLE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SCAPULA; SCORING SYSTEM; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TRIGGER POINT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER PAIN; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 45849094112     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.11.041     Document Type: Article

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