Myofascial Trigger Points as a Cause of Abnormal Cocontraction in Writer's Cramp

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2043-2046

  Vas, Lakshmi ^a   Pai, Renuka ^a   Khandagale, Nishigandha ^a   Pattnaik, Manorama ^a  

^a Ashirvad Institute for Pain Management and Research   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; BURKE FAHN MARSDEN SCALE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND PAIN; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE DISEASE; MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINT; NEEDLE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; RIGIDITY; SCORING SYSTEM; THERAPY EFFECT; THUMB; ULTRASONOGRAPHY GUIDED DRY NEEDLING; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; WRITER'S CRAMP; ACUPUNCTURE; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84943619678     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12814     Document Type: Article

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