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Analgesic efficacy of ultrasound identified trigger point injection in myofascial pain syndrome: A pilot study in Indian patients

Indian Journal of Pain, 2016
Background: Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is described as sensory symptoms, sometimes with motor and autonomic symptoms caused by myofascial trigger points (TPs). Injection at TPs is most likely to benefit patients with such disorder. The identification
S Parthasarathy, S Antony John Charles
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Dry Needling for the Treatment of Musculoskeletal Ailments With Trigger Points

Video Journal of Sports Medicine, 2021
Background: Dry needling is an increasingly popular technique for relieving musculoskeletal pain, through targeting myofascial trigger points. Existing evidence indicates that dry needling is effective in short-term management of pain, with research ...
Simon J. Padanilam BA, Steven R. Dayton BA, Ryan Jarema PT, ATC, Michael J. Boctor BA, Vehniah K. Tjong MD   +4 more
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Assessment of predisposing factors in myofascial pain syndrome and the analgesic effect of trigger point injections - A primary therapeutic interventional clinical trial

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2019
Background and Aims: Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a common cause of chronic musculoskeletal pain, characterised by myofascial trigger points (TPs). TP injection is an established technique for management of MPS.
S Parthasarathy, Siyam Sundar, Gayatri Mishra   +2 more
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The effects of Biofreeze and superficial heat on masticatory myofascial pain syndrome

European Oral Research, 2021
Purpose: This study aims to assess the influence of superficial heat and Biofreeze on pain, mouth opening (mm), and quality of life in patients with masticatory myofascial pain syndrome (MPS).
Deniz Yaman, Cansu Alpaslan, Oya Kalaycıoğlu   +2 more
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Understanding of myofascial trigger points

Chinese Medical Journal, 2014
Objective To investigate the current practice of myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) including current epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis and treatment. Data sources The data analyzed in this review were mainly from relevant articles without restriction on the publication date reported ...
Xiaoqiang, Zhuang, Shusheng, Tan, Qiangmin, Huang   +2 more
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A Review on the Effects of Dry Needling Method on Myofascial Pain

مجله پژوهش در علوم توانبخشی, 2016
Myofascial pain is one of the most commonly experienced pains in muscles or their fascia and is often associated with the myofascial trigger point (MTP). Various methods have been employed to relieve chronic MTP pain, but none have been successful in the
Abdolrahim Karimi, Ashraf Mahmoudzadeh
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Effectiveness of Manual Trigger Point Therapy in Patients with Myofascial Trigger Points in the Orofacial Region—A Systematic Review

Life, 2023
The objective was to compile, synthetize, and evaluate the quality of the evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) regarding the effectiveness of manual trigger point therapy in the orofacial area in patients with or without orofacial pain. This
Frauke Müggenborg, Ester Moreira de Castro Carletti, Liz Dennett, Ana Izabela Sobral de Oliveira-Souza, Norazlin Mohamad, Gunnar Licht, Harry von Piekartz, Susan Armijo-Olivo   +7 more
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Effects of Myofascial Induction Therapy on Ankle Range of Motion and Pressure Pain Threshold in Trigger Points of the Gastrocnemius—A Clinical Trial

Biomedicines, 2023
Background: The myofascial induction technique (MIT) has been shown to increase shoulder range of motion (ROM) in breast cancer survivors and decrease pain pressure threshold over the radial nerve in patients with epicondylalgia.
Eva María Martínez-Jiménez, Raquel Jiménez-Fernández, Inmaculada Corral-Liria, David Rodríguez-Sanz, César Calvo-Lobo, Daniel López-López, Eduardo Pérez-Boal, Bibiana Trevissón-Redondo, Jessica Grande-del-Arco   +8 more
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A Novel Patient‐Specific Landmark‐Guided Approach for Intramuscular Botulinum Neurotoxin Injections Into the Rotator Cuff: A Cadaveric Study

Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myofascial pain syndrome (MFPS) causes chronic shoulder pain. Supraspinatus and infraspinatus, rotator cuff muscles innervated by the suprascapular nerve, are commonly affected. Intramuscular botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) injections near motor points (i.e., visible nerve branch entry sites used as a proxy for motor endplates) are an effective ...
Dave Osinachukwu Duru, David Kwan Ryung Lee, Gavin E. Jarvis, Niel Kang, Salma Chaudhury, Cecilia Brassett   +5 more
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The Effect of Laser Therapy and Ischemic Compression on Active Trigger Points in Upper Trapezius Muscle

Journal of Modern Rehabilitation, 2019
Introduction: Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS) is a common muscular disorder characterized by a referral pain to a particular area after irritating the myofascial trigger point.
Saeed Rezaei, Azadeh Shadmehr, Siamak Bashardoust Tajali, Behrooz Attarbashi Moghadam, Shohreh Jalaei   +4 more
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