Myofascial trigger points in neck and shoulder muscles and widespread pressure pain hypersensitivtiy in patients with postmastectomy pain: Evidence of peripheral and central sensitization

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 798-806

  Fernández Lao, Carolina ^a   Cantarero Villanueva, Irene ^a   Fernández De Las Peñas, César ^b,c,d   Del Moral Ávila, Rosario ^e   Arendt Nielsen, Lars ^d   Arroyo Morales, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

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

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

postmastectomy pain; pressure pain; sensitization; trigger points

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; MASTECTOMY; METACARPAL BONE; NECK MUSCLE; NECK PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SHOULDER; SHOULDER PAIN; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TRIGGER POINT; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 77958468103     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181f18c36     Document Type: Article

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