Characteristics of referred muscle pain to the head from active trigger points in women with myofascial temporomandibular pain and fibromyalgia syndrome

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 625-637

  Alonso Blanco, Cristina ^a   Fernández de las Peñas, César ^a   De La Llave Rincón, Ana Isabel ^a   Zarco Moreno, Pedro ^b   Galán Del Río, Fernando ^a   Svensson, Peter ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN ALCORCÓN   (Spain)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Pain assessment; Referred pain; Temporomandibular disorders; Trigger points

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; JAW DISEASE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MYALGIA; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERRED PAIN; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

EID: 84870358419     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-012-0477-y     Document Type: Article

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