BACKGROUND During the Croatian War of Independence, 1991-1995, Croatian soldiers were exposed to traumatic and stressful events. Certain number of soldiers who took part in the war, developed depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Stress is one of the etiological factors in the development of myofascial pain (MPS), although the mechanism of these processes is not entirely understo...

Background: We describe a poorly recognized central sensitivity pain disorder (CSPD) presenting with moderate to severe chronic hemisomatic pain (limited to half of the body). In 7 patients, the syndrome developed spontaneously and masqueraded as common spinal or arthritic disorders, but none of these patients responded to standard therapies for the disorders they resembled. A key feature in th...

Introduction. Botulinum toxin inhibits acetylcholine (ACh) release and probably blocks some nociceptive neurotransmitters. It has been suggested that the development of myofascial trigger points (MTrP) is related to an excess release of ACh to increase the number of sensitized nociceptors. Although the use of botulinum toxin to treat myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) has been investigated in many ...

Although Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS) is the most common diagnosis for injured workers [1], there is no uniform description or definition of MPS in the medical literature. Often the phrase myofascial pain is used to describe a variety of difficult to classify pain syndromes, resulting in confused and contradictory treatment approaches. Correct diagnosis and successful treatment of patients su...

BACKGROUND Acupuncture techniques are commonly used as initial treatments for myofascial pain syndrome. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to assess and compare the efficacy and safety of different techniques of acupuncture for myofascial pain syndrome. STUDY DESIGN Network meta-analysis. SETTING All selected studies were randomized controlled trials (RCTs). METHODS The Cochrane Central Registe...

Rather than providing the customary few pages with abstracts of the current literature, for this special topic issue of JMMT on myofascial pain syndrome we have been able to enlist the expertise of Dr. David Simons and Jan Dommerholt to share with us their critical review of what they consider some of the more relevant recent literature on this topic. As the co-author of the most authoritative ...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to identify the musculoskeletal co-morbidities of neck pain of myofascial origin among IT professionals. METHODS A retrospective report analysis of 5357 IT professionals from various IT companies in India was conducted. Demographic details, type and intensity of the musculoskeletal problems, employee feedbacks on status of musculoskeletal health and ...

BACKGROUND Myofascial pain dysfunction syndrome (MPDS), otherwise called myofascial pain is one of the most common temporomandibular disorders, which in turn is the most common cause of orofacial pain of non-dental origin. Its etiology is multifactorial and still poorly understood. Psychological factors have been shown to play a role in the etiology. The aim of the study was to evaluate the ass...

Piriformis syndrome is an underdiagnosed extraspinal association of sciatica. Patients usually complain of deep seated gluteal pain. In severe cases the clinical features of piriformis syndrome are primarily due to spasm of the piriformis muscle and irritation of the underlying sciatic nerve but this mysterious clinical scenario is also described in lumbar spinal canal stenosis, leg length disc...