Multiple active myofascial trigger points and pressure pain sensitivity maps in the temporalis muscle are related in women with chronic tension type headache

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 506-512

  Ferńndez De Las Peñas, César ^a   Caminero, Ana B ^b   Madeleine, Pascal ^a   Guillem Mesado, Amparo ^c   Ge, Hong You ^a   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^a   Pareja, Juan A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL PROVINCIAL DE ÁVILA   (Spain)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Muscle trigger points; Pressure pain sensitivity; Temporalis muscle; Tension type headache

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOCICEPTION; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERRED PAIN; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TENSION HEADACHE; TRIGGER POINT;

EID: 67649562937     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181a08747     Document Type: Article

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