Bilateral myofascial trigger points in the forearm muscles in patients with chronic unilateral lateral epicondylalgia: A blinded, controlled study

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 802-807

  Fernández Carnero, Josué ^a,b   Fernández De Las Peñas, César ^a,b   De La Llave Rincón, Ana Isabel ^a,b   Ge, Hong You ^c   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^c  

^a Department of Physical Therapy Occupational Therapy Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bilateral pain; Experimental pain; Lateral epicondylalgia; Muscle trigger points

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPICONDYLITIS; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGGER POINT; ADOLESCENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERRED PAIN; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPAIN; TENNIS ELBOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FOREARM; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, REFERRED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPAIN; TENNIS ELBOW;

EID: 56049091754     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31817bcb79     Document Type: Article

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