Attenuated Skin Blood Flow Response to Nociceptive Stimulation of Latent Myofascial Trigger Points

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 325-332

  Zhang, Yang ^a,b   Ge, Hong You ^a   Yue, Shou Wei ^b   Kimura, Yoshiyuki ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a  

^a Center for Sensorymotor Interaction   (Denmark)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Myofascial pain syndromes; Rehabilitation; Sympathetic nervous system; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 60349112473     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.06.037     Document Type: Article

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