Reliability of physical examination for diagnosis of myofascial trigger points: A systematic review of the literature

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-89

  Lucas, Nicholas ^a,b   MacAskill, Petra ^b   Irwig, Les ^b   Moran, Robert ^d   Bogduk, Nikolai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Myofascial pain; Physical examination; Reliability; Reproducibility; Systematic review; Trigger point

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TRIGGER POINT; META ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

HUMANS; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 62349141198     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31817e13b6     Document Type: Review

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