Fascial components of the myofascial pain syndrome topical collection on myofascial pain

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Stecco, Antonio ^a   Gesi, Marco ^b   Stecco, Carla ^a   Stern, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c Touro College and University System   (United States)

Author keywords

Densification; Fascia; Hyaluronic acid; Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS); Myofascial trigger points (MTP)

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

ACIDIFICATION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; APONEUROTIC FASCIA; ARTICLE; BODYWORK; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; EPIMYSIAL FASCIA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FASCIA; FASCIA TISSUE DENSIFICATION; FASCIA TISSUE FIBROSIS; FASCIAL INNERVATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MASSAGE; MUSCLE THICKNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; MYOFASCIAL INSERTION; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRIGGER POINT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FASCIA; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; TRIGGER POINTS;

EID: 84893488445     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: 15343081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-013-0352-9     Document Type: Article

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