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Importance of quadratus lumborum muscle trigger point injection and prolotherapy technique for lower back and buttock pain

Frontiers in Pain Research, 2022
BackgroundLow back pain is a heterogeneous disease. Myofascial pain and enthesopathy of the quadratus lumborum muscle are important causes of lower back and/or buttock pain.
Soo-Ji Sirh, So-Woon Sirh, Hah-Yong Mun, Heon-Man Sirh   +3 more
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Myofascial Trigger Points in Children With Tension-Type Headache: A New Diagnostic and Therapeutic Option [PDF]

, 2009
The goal of this pilot study was to evaluate the effect of a trigger point–specific physiotherapy on headache frequency, intensity, and duration in children with episodic or chronic tension-type headache. Patients were recruited from the special headache
Blaschek, Astrid, Heinen, Florian, Henschel, Volkmar, Lee, Seung-Hee, Mansmann, Ulrich, Müller-Felber, Wolfgang, Reilich, Peter, Schäfer, Jan, Straube, Andreas, Stülpnagel, Celina von   +9 more
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Foci of segmentally contracted sarcomeres in trapezius muscle biopsy specimens in myalgic and nonmyalgic human subjects : preliminary results [PDF]

, 2020
Objective The myofascial trigger point hypothesis postulates that there are small foci of contracted sarcomeres in resting skeletal muscle. Only one example, in canine muscle, has been published previously.
Cagnie, Barbara, Calders, Patrick, De Meulemeester, Kayleigh, Gerwin, Robert D., Petrovic, Mirko, Van Dorpe, Jo   +5 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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Effects of Different Myofascial Trigger Point Release Techniques on Pain, Function and Quality of Lifef for Patients after Surgical Treatment of the Rotator Cuff

Reabilitacijos Mokslai: Slauga, Kineziterapija, Ergoterapija, 2019
Research background. Musculoskeletal pain in the shoulder joint is a major cause of non-traumatic upper limb pain (Tejera-Falcón et al., 2017). Miofascial release is a fast-moving form of manual therapy to reduce pain and restore soft tissue functions ...
Greta Grigėnaitytė, Edgaras Lapinskas
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Effectiveness of ischemic compression pressure versus spray and stretch technique in the management of active myofascial trigger points of trapezius muscle.

International Journal of Endorsing Health Science Research, 2021
Background: Now, a days myofascial trigger points are tremendously occurring and become a stressful part of nearly any person at any time in a lifetime. This study compares the effects of ischemic compression pressure with spray and stretch technique to ...
Urooj Khan, Saeed Akhter, Muhammad Khan, Aftab Ahmed Mirza Baig   +3 more
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Somatic tinnitus [PDF]

, 2017
Modulation of tinnitus characteristics such as pitch and loudness has been extensively described following movements of the head, neck and limbs, vertical or horizontal eye gaze, pressure on myofascial trigger points, cutaneous stimulation of the hands ...
CIALENTE, FABRIZIO, CIANFRONE, Giancarlo, CIOFALO, Andrea, DE VINCENTIIS, Marco, DE VIRGILIO, ARMANDO, DI STADIO, Arianna, GRECO, Antonio, LONGO, Lucia, RALLI, MASSIMO, TURCHETTA, Rosaria   +9 more
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Myofascial Trigger Points [PDF]

Physical Therapy, 2001
To the Editor: I am a practicing physical therapist in a private orthopedic and sports medicine practice in downtown Manhattan. In my practice, a vast majority of my patients have cervical, scapular, and thoracic pain as well as headaches with related trigger points throughout the scapular musculature.
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The effectiveness of myofascial trigger point therapy on myofascial pain syndrome trigger points [PDF]

, 2021
The efficacy of myofascial trigger point therapy in treatment of myofasciitis was evaluated in a single blind, randomised, placebo controlled trial. The patient population consisted of twenty individuals who presented with one of the following: upper-back pain, shoulder pain, and neck-pain and or headaches and who were diagnosed as having myofasciitis.
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Myofascial Trigger Points in Adhesive Capsulitis: A Systematic Review [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2019
Introduction: Adhesive Capsulitis (AC) causes musculoskeletal disorder of shoulder which is a common reason for loss of function and disability in patients.
Reepa Avichal Ughreja, Mukesh Dhungana, Prakriti Awasthi   +2 more
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