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1. Myofascial Pain Syndrome: Correlation between the Irritability of Trigger Points and the Prevalence of Local Twitch Responses during Trigger Point Injection

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Shu Min Chen, Jo Tong Chen, Wei Chang Yen, Ta Shen Kuan, Chien Tsung Tsai, Chang-Zern Hong, and Chi Yen Feng

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Myofascial trigger point, Trigger point injection, Pressure pain, business.industry, Myofascial pain syndrome, medicine.disease, Irritability, Correlation, Rheumatology, Anesthesia, medicine, Nociceptor, medicine.symptom, business, Trapezius muscle
Abstract

ObjectiveTo assess the correlation between the trigger point [TrP] irritability in the myofascial pain syndrome [MPS] and the prevalence of one or more local twitch responses [LTRs] during TrP injection.MethodsPatients with MPS, active TrPs in the trapezius muscle, and a pain intensity greater than 5 [numerical pain scale, 0 = no pain; 10 = worst pain in life] were recruited for this study. Pain intensity and pressure pain threshold [PPT] were measured before and immediately after TrP injection.ResultsA total of 72 MPS patients [30 males, 42 females] participated in this study. It was found that the pain intensity was significantly reduced [P

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2012

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