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Myofascial Pain Syndrome: An Overview

Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy, 2015
Over the last few decades, advances have been made in the understanding of myofascial pain syndromes (MPSs). In spite of its high prevalence in the society, it is not a commonly established diagnosis. MPS is said to be the great imitator. This article puts some light on the various clinical presentations of the syndrome, on the various tools to reach ...
Anudeep, Saxena, Mayank, Chansoria, Gaurav, Tomar, Abhyuday, Kumar   +3 more
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Myofascial Pain Syndrome Treatments

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, 2014
Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a regional pain disorder caused by taut bands of muscle fibers in skeletal muscles called myofascial trigger points. MPS is a common disorder, often diagnosed and treated by physiatrists. Treatment strategies for MPS include exercises, patient education, and trigger point injection. Pharmacologic interventions are also
Joanne, Borg-Stein, Mary Alexis, Iaccarino   +1 more
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Urologic Myofascial Pain Syndromes

Journal of Urology, 2005
R. Berger
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Myofascial Pain Syndrome

Neurologic Clinics, 1989
Myofascial pain syndrome is a regional muscle pain disorder that is the most common physical diagnosis causing chronic pain. The complex symptoms, concomitant disorders, and frequent behavioral and psychosocial contributing factors make this disorder frequently overlooked and difficult to treat.
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Myofascial Pelvic Pain: Best Orientation and Clinical Practice. Position of the European Association of Urology Guidelines Panel on Chronic Pelvic Pain.

European Urology Focus, 2022
CONTEXT Despite the high prevalence of a myofascial pain component in chronic pelvic pain (CPP) syndromes, awareness and management of this component are lacking among health care providers.
P. Abreu-Mendes, A. Baranowski, B. Berghmans, J. Borovička, A. Cottrell, P. Dinis-Oliveira, S. Elneil, J. Hughes, Bert Messelink, V. Tidman, R. Pinto, J. Tornic, I. Flink, B. Parsons, V. Zumstein, D. Engeler   +15 more
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Fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndromes and the workers' compensation environment: an update.

Clinics in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2006
Fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndromes are terms used to describe a constellation of complaints ranging from generalized aches to specific tender trigger points often accompanied by fatigue, depression, and sleep disturbances.
Radford J Hayden, D. Louis, Christopher J. Doro   +2 more
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Myofascial Pain Syndrome

The Nurse Practitioner, 1995
Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is one of the least understood yet commonly encountered problems in the outpatient setting. Myofascial pain syndrome is a painful disorder characterized by trigger points (TrPs), which are hyperirritable spots causing referred pain. Myofascial pain syndrome is frustrating to patients and clinicians.
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Psychological Characteristics of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy versus Myofascial Pain Syndromes

Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, 1995
Background and Objectives Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) has sometimes been hypothesized to derive from a unique psychological predisposition because of its enigmatic features, as well as the profound behavioral and emotional characteristics ...
D. V. Nelson, D. Novy
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Myofascial pain-dysfunction syndrome

The Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry, 1978
Of the 127 patients treated for MPDS over a 30 month period, only six patients did not make at least a 90% recovery within 3 to 4 months. In most instances a spectacular degree of success was achieved within 2 to 3 weeks. Ten percent of the patients who were treated had had symptoms of the MPDS for a period longer than 5 years.
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Myofascial Pain Syndromes–Trigger Points

Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain, 2004
Four articles this quarter present major progress in new experimental data. Hou et al. demonstrated in rabbits that motor endplate potentials [spontaneous electrical activity] of trigger spots are partially dependent on increased calcium channel permeability. Delaney et al.
David G. Simons, Jan Dommerholt
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