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Trigger point

Known as: points triggering, Trigger Points, Point, Trigger 
Discrete spots in taut bands of muscle that produce local and referred pain when muscle bands are compressed.
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2014
2014
목빗근의 근막통증에 키네시오테이핑 적용 후 호흡기능의 변화
Purpose: This study was conducted in order to determine the changes in pain and breathing function when kinesio taping is applied… 
2014
2014
Цервикалгии, цервикокраниалгии и цервикогенные головные боли
Pain syndromes in the neck and head regions are one of the most difficult conditions to be interpreted in clinical practice… 
2009
2009
New Insights into Restless Genital Syndrome : Static Mechanical Hyperesthesia and Neuropathy of the Nervus Dorsalis
Introduction. Systematic study of dysesthetic and paresthetic regions contributing to persistent genital arousal in women with… 
1996
1996
Tender points/fibromyalgia vs. trigger points/myofascial pain syndrome: a need for clarity in terminology and differential diagnosis.
1995
1995
Myofascial pain syndromes--the great mimicker.
: Five myofascial pain syndromes, some mimicking more serious diseases, have been presented. They were diagnosed as and treated… 
1989
1989
Myofascial trigger points as a cause of headaches.
1984
1984
Pain relief at trigger points: a comparison of moist heat and shortwave diathermy.
This study compared the pain-relieving effects of shortwave diathermy and moist heat on trigger points. Patients with trigger… 
1984
1984
Myofascial trigger points in persistent posttraumatic shoulder pain.
Persistent pain and disability after injuries to the shoulder sometimes create a difficult diagnostic and therapeutic problem. In… 
1984
1984
Relieving chronic pain.
The article discusses four methods of relieving chronic pain: (1) the therapeutic touch; (2) myotherapy, erasing the body's… 
1976
1976
Spray-stretch for the relief of pain from muscle spasm and myofascial trigger points.