Referred pain from myofascial trigger points in head, neck, shoulder, and arm muscles reproduces pain symptoms in blue-collar (Manual) and white-collar (Office) workers

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 511-518

  Fernández De Las Peñas, César ^a,b   Gröbli, Christian ^b   Ortega Santiago, Ricardo ^a   Fischer, Christine Stebler ^b   Boesch, Daniel ^b   Froidevaux, Philippe ^b   Stocker, Lilian ^b   Weissmann, Richard ^b   González Iglesias, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b David G Simons Academy   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blue collar workers; Referred pain; Trigger points; White collar workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELTOID MUSCLE; EXTENSOR CARPI RADIALIS BREVIS MUSCLE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM COMMUNIS MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRASPINATUS MUSCLE; LEVATOR SCAPULA MUSCLE; LONGUS MUSCLE; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MUSCLE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; OBLIQUE CAPITIS INFERIOR MUSCLE; PALPATION; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERRED PAIN; SCALENE MUSCLE; SPLENIUS CAPITIS MUSCLE; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; SUPINATOR MUSCLE; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; TRIGGER POINT; WHITE COLLAR WORKER;

ADULT; ARM; COMORBIDITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN, REFERRED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER; SPAIN; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84862567102     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31823984e2     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Huisstede BM, Bierma-Zeinstra SM, Koes BW, et al. Incidence and prevalence of upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders. A systematic appraisal of the literature. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2006;7:7.
2. Walker-Bone KE, Palmer KT, Reading I, et al. Soft-tissue rheumatic disorders of the neck and upper limb: prevalence and risk factors. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2003;33:185-203. (Pubitemid 38030081)
3. Walker-Bone K, Palmer K, Reading I, et al. Prevalence and impact of musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limb in the general population. Arthritis Rheum. 2004;51:642-651. (Pubitemid 39056254)
4. Palmer KC. Work related disorders of the upper limb. Topical Rev. 2006;10:1-7.
5. Tornqvist EW, Hagberg M, Hagman M, et al. The influence of working conditions and individual factors on the incidence of neck and upper limb symptoms among professional computer users. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2009;82:689-702.
6. Huisstede BM, Wijnhoven HA, Bierma-Zeinstra SM, et al. Prevalence and characteristics of complaints of the arm, neck, and/or shoulder (CANS) in the open population. Clin J Pain. 2008;24:253-259. (Pubitemid 351640924)
7. Walker-Bone K, Reading I, Coggon D, et al. The anatomical pattern and determinants of pain in the neck and upper limbs: an epidemiologic study. Pain. 2004;109:45-51. (Pubitemid 38479769)
8. Thwaites L, Walker-Bone K. Epidemiology of upper extremity pain syndromes. In: Ferná ndez-de-las-Peñ as C, Cleland J, Huijbregts P, eds. Neck and Arm Pain Syndromes: Evidenceinformed Screening, Diagnosis, and Conservative Management. London: Churchill Livingstone-Elsevier; 2011:1-13.
9. Simons DG, Travell J, Simons LS. Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual. 2nd ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins; 1999.
10. Shah JP, Phillips TM, Danoff JV, et al. An in vitro microanalytical technique for measuring the local biochemical milieu of human skeletal muscle. J Appl Physiol. 2005;99:1977-1984. (Pubitemid 41547200)
11. Ferná ndez-de-las-Peñ as C, Ge HY, Arendt-Nielsen L, et al. Referred pain from trapezius muscle trigger point shares similar characteristics with chronic tension type headache. Eur J Pain. 2007;11:475-482. (Pubitemid 46366773)
12. Ferná ndez-de-las-Peñ as C, Ge HY, Arendt-Nielsen L, et al. The local and referred pain from myofascial trigger points in the temporalis muscle contributes to pain profile in chronic tension-type headache. Clin J Pain. 2007;23:786-792. (Pubitemid 351339415)
13. Ferná ndez-de-las-Peñ as C, Alonso-Blanco C, Miangolarra J. Myofascial trigger points in subjects presenting with mechanical neck pain: a blinded, controlled study. Man Ther. 2007; 12:29-33. (Pubitemid 46187138)
14. Ferná ndez-Carnero J, Ferná ndez-de-las-Peñ as C, De-la-Llave-Rincó n AI, et al. Prevalence of and referred pain from myofascial trigger points in the forearm muscles in patients with lateral epicondylalgia. Clin J Pain. 2007;23:353-360. (Pubitemid 46650029)
15. Hidalgo-Lozano A, Ferná ndez-de-las-Peñ as C, Alonso-Blanco C, et al. Muscle trigger points and pressure pain hyperalgesia in the shoulder muscles in patients with unilateral shoulder impingement: a blinded, controlled study. Exp Brain Res. 2010; 202:915-925.
16. Bron C, Dommerholt J, Stegenga B, et al. High prevalence of shoulder girdle muscles with myofascial trigger points in patients with shoulder pain. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2011; 12:139.
17. Gerwin RD, Shanon S, Hong CZ, et al. Interrater reliability in myofascial trigger point examination. Pain. 1997;69:65-67.
18. Svensson P, Bak J, Troest T. Spread and referral of experimental pain in different jaw muscles. J Orofac Pain. 2003; 17:214-223. (Pubitemid 37162333)
19. Schmidt-Hansen PT, Svensson P, Jensen TS, et al. Patterns of Experimentally Induced Pain in Peri-cranial Muscles. Cephalalgia. 2006;26:568-577.
20. Jensen MP, Turbner JA, Romano JM, et al. Comparative reliability and validity of chronic pain intensity measures. Pain. 1999;83:157-162. (Pubitemid 29479273)
21. Beck AT, Steer RA, Brown GK. Beck Depression Inventory. 2nd ed. San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation; 1996.
22. VanVoorhis WCR, Blumentritt TL. Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory-II in a clinically-identified sample of Mexican American Adolescents. J Child Fam Stud. 2007;11:789-798.
23. Ge HY, Ferná ndez-de-las-Peñ as C, Arendt-Nielsen L. Sympathetic facilitation of hyperalgesia evoked from myofascial tender and trigger points in patients with unilateral shoulder pain. Clin Neurophysiol. 2006;117:1545-1550. (Pubitemid 43947707)
24. Li LT, Ge HY, Yue SW, et al. Nociceptive and nonnociceptive hypersensitivity at latent myofascial trigger points. Clin J Pain. 2009;25:132-137.
25. Zhang Y, Ge HY, Yue SW, et al. Attenuated skin blood flow response to nociceptive stimulation of latent myofascial trigger points. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2009;90:325-332.
26. Xu YM, Ge HY, Arendt-Nielsen L. Sustained nociceptive mechanical stimulation of latent myofascial trigger point induces central sensitization in healthy subjects. J Pain. 2010;11:1348-1355.
27. Macfarlane GJ, Hunt IM, Silman AJ. Role of mechanical and psychosocial factors in the onset of forearm pain: prospective population based study. Br Med J. 2000;321:676-679.
28. Bernard BP. Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) and Workplace Factors. Cincinnati, OH: US Department of Health and Human Services; 1997.