Myofascial syndrome is a muscular pain syndrome with regional symptoms, often in limb girdle or neck and back area. It is common and causes much disability and inability to work. Myofascial pain may be activated by precision work, repetitive strain or recent injury. Typical findings in symptomatic muscles are taut bands and painful trigger points (TrPs), where pressure elicites a typical spread...

There are several causes of otalgia, specifically primary otalgia, which originates inside the ear, and referred otalgia, which originates outside the ear. In a rare case, otalgia may result from myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) due to a contraction of cervical muscles. The author of this study reports a case in which otalgia caused by MPS due to contraction of the trapezius muscle was treated wi...

Mechanical behavior of skeletal muscles is commonly modeled under the assumption of mechanical independence between individual muscles within a muscle group. Epimuscular myofascial force transmission via the connective tissue network surrounding a muscle challenges this assumption as it alters the force distributed to the tendons of individual muscles. This study aimed to derive a lumped estima...

 gera 2001 1gera: 17571/di/re LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP ON PATIENTS WITH FIBROSITIS TREATED WITH ACUPUNCTURE. WAYLONIS GW. ohio state medical journal. 1977,73(5),299-302 (eng). A long-term, follow-up study of 39 pafients with chtonic fibrositis treated wifh electroacupuncture was carried out. The length of follow-up after threatment was 3 to 34 months (average 19.6 months). Forty-six precent of the ...

Background Myofascial trigger points are commonly described in humans, and many studies have shown abnormal spontaneous electrical activity, spike activity and local twitch responses at these sites. Myofascial trigger points have only rarely been described in horses, and studies of their electrophysiological characteristics have not previously been published. The objective of this study was to ...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether skin resistance measurements can objectively identify the location of myofascial trigger points (MTPs) and to differentiate between 3 states. DESIGN Static group comparison. SETTING Climate-controlled laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Forty-nine participants (age, 20.5+/-2.6 y) were assigned to 1 of 3 groups based on clinical examination result: absent (n=21), laten...

Thoracic outlet syndrome involves more than just local neurovascular compression. Myofascial release treatments and stretching exercises may be only partially or temporarily successful unless all related components of somatic dysfunction, including craniosacral mechanisms, are addressed. Structural and postural abnormalities in the frontal plane, as with a short leg, and in the sagittal plane, ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of myofascial release techniques on pain symptoms, postural stability and physical function in fibromyalgia syndrome. DESIGN A randomized, placebo-controlled trial was undertaken. SUBJECTS Eighty-six patients with fibromyalgia syndrome were randomly assigned to an experimental group and a placebo group. INTERVENTIONS Patients received treatments for 20 we...

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...