Myofascial pain associated to trigger points: A literature review. Part 2: Differential diagnosis and treatment

Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral y Cirugia Bucal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Vázquez Delgado, Eduardo ^a,b,c   Cascos Romero, Jordi ^b   Gay Escoda, Cosme ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO MÉDICO TEKNON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Craniomandibular disorders; Myofascial pain; Trigger point

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BUPIVACAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUORIMETHANE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MELATONIN; MEPIVACAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PRILOCAINE; PROCAINE; ROPIVACAINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BURSITIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CRYOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FIBROMYALGIA; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NEURALGIA; GOUT; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IONTOPHORESIS; MOOD DISORDER; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NEURALGIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOCICEPTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POST TRAUMATIC HYPERIRRITABILITY SYNDROME; PROGNOSIS; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; PSYCHOGENIC PAIN; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER; TENDINITIS; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; TRIGGER POINT; ULTRASOUND; VIRUS INFECTION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES;

EID: 77954597671     PISSN: 16984447     EISSN: 16986946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4317/medoral.15.e639     Document Type: Review

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