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trigger points

Description: Trigger points are sensitive spots in taut bands of skeletal muscle that can produce local or referred pain when pressed.
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Myofascial pain and dysfunction : the trigger point manual
1982 · Janet Travell, David Simons · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 2,742
Pressure algometry over normal muscles. Standard values, validity and reproducibility of pressure threshold
1987 · Andrew A. Fischer · Pain · 959
Travell & Simons' Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual
1999 · David Simons, Janet Travell, et al. · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 584
Trigger points and acupuncture points for pain: Correlations and implications
1977 · Ronald Melzack, Dorothy M. Stillwell, et al. · Pain · 583
Trigger points: diagnosis and management.
2002 · David J Alvarez, Pamela G Rockwell · PubMed · 496
Myofascial pain syndrome of the head and neck: a review of clinical characteristics of 164 patients
1985 · James R. Fricton, Richard Kroening, et al. · Oral Surgery Oral Medicine Oral Pathology · 423
The needle effect in the relief of myofascial pain
1979 · Karel Lewit · Pain · 406
Prolonged relief of pain by brief, intense transcutaneous somatic stimulation
1975 · Ronald Melzack · Pain · 405
Trigger Points and Budget Cuts: Explaining the Effects of Fiscal Austerity
1991 · Giuseppe Bertola, Allan Drazen · National Bureau of Economic Research · 401
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An expansion of Simons’ integrated hypothesis of trigger point formation
2004 · Robert D. Gerwin, Jan Dommerholt, et al. · Current Pain and Headache Reports · 390
Prevalence of myofascial pain in general internal medicine practice.
1989 · S A Skootsky, B Jaeger, et al. · PubMed · 380
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Liquidity Black Holes
2004 · Stephen Morris, Hyun Song Shin · European Finance Review · 371
Pathophysiology of upper extremity muscle disorders
2005 · Bart Visser, Jaap H. van Dieën · Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology · 354
Comparison of lidocaine injection, botulinum toxin injection, and dry needling to trigger points in myofascial pain syndrome
2004 · A. Kamanli, A. Kaya, et al. · Rheumatology International · 343
Pressure algometry in manual therapy
1996 · L. Vanderweeën, R.A.B. Oostendorp, et al. · Manual Therapy · 336
Injection Therapy for Subacute and Chronic Low Back Pain
2008 · J Bart Staal, Rob A. de Bie, et al. · Spine · 315
Myofascial pain syndrome and trigger-point management
1997 · S HAN, P HARRISON · Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine · 307
Pressure threshold meter: its use for quantification of tender spots.
1986 · A A Fischer · PubMed · 282
Myofascial pain syndromes and their evaluation
2007 · Robert Bennett · Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology · 278
The fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndromes: a preliminary study of tender points and trigger points in persons with fibromyalgia, myofascial pain syndrome and no disease.
1992 · F Wolfe, D G Simons, et al. · PubMed · 277
Predictors of outcome in surgically managed patients with typical and atypical trigeminal neuralgia: comparison of results following microvascular decompression
2002 · Elizabeth C. Tyler-Kabara, Amin B. Kassam, et al. · Journal of neurosurgery · 268
Injection therapy for subacute and chronic low-back pain
2008 · J Bart Staal, Rob de Bie, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 267
Acupuncture for treating fibromyalgia
2013 · John C Deare, Zhen Zheng, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 252
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Trigger Points in the Suboccipital Muscles and Forward Head Posture in Tension‐Type Headache
2006 · César Fernández‐de‐las‐Peñas, Cristina Alonso‐Blanco, et al. · Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain · 251
Evaluation of the clinical effects of acupuncture
1995 · George Lewith, Charles Vincent · Pain Forum · 244
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