Bilateral myofascial trigger points and pressure pain thresholds in the shoulder muscles in patients with unilateral shoulder impingement syndrome: A blinded, controlled study

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 478-486

  Alburquerque Sendín, Francisco ^a   Camargo, Paula R ^b,c   Vieira, Amilton ^b   Salvini, Tania F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c METHODIST UNIVERSITY OF PIRACICABA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

myofascial pain syndromes; pain measurement; pain threshold; sensitization; shoulder impingement syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM, SHOULDER AND HAND (SCORE); FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRASPINATUS; LEVATOR SCAPULA; MALE; MIDDLE DELTOID; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PECTORALIS MINOR; PRESSURE PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCALENES; SCAPULA; SERRATUS ANTERIOR; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUBSCAPULARIS; SUPRASPINATUS; TRIGGER POINT; UPPER TRAPEZIUS;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASTICATORY MUSCLES; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TRIGGER POINTS;

EID: 84877695045     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3182652d65     Document Type: Article

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