High prevalence of shoulder girdle muscles with myofascial trigger points in patients with shoulder pain

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bron, Carel ^a,b   Dommerholt, Jan ^c   Stegenga, Boudewijn ^d   Wensing, Michel ^a   Oostendorp, Rob Ab ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Private Practice for Physical Therapy for Neck Shoulder and Upper Extremity Disorders   (Netherlands)

^c Bethesda Physiocare   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

myofascial; pain; prevalence; shoulder; trigger points

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR DELTOID MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM SHOULDER AND HAND QUESTIONNAIRE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFRASPINATUS MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; RANGE OF MOTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEX RATIO; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SHOULDER PAIN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TERES MAJOR MUSCLE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION; UPPER TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REFERRED PAIN; STANDARD;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, REFERRED; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 79959601474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-139     Document Type: Article

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