Some assessment and diagnosis methods require palpation or the application of certain forces on the skin, which affects the structures beneath, we highlight the importance of defining possible influences on skin temperature as a result of this physical contact. Thus, the aim of the present study is to determine the ideal time for performing thermographic examination after palpation based on the...

PURPOSE To investigate the therapeutic effectiveness of ultrasound (US)-guided trigger point injection for myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) in the internal rotator muscles of the shoulder in post-mastectomy patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS This pilot study was a non-controlled, prospective, clinical trial. Nineteen post-mastectomy patients with a diagnosis of at least one active MTrP in the s...

DRAFT This document has not been approved and may contain factual errors. Abstract Abstract here. To change document date, double click on the date above. Sector Logic FPGA demonstrator simulation, implementation and tests ATL-T/DAQ-xxx-00 ATLAS Muon 22 May 2000 2 1 Introduction Document History 1 Introduction The first level muon trigger for the barrel in ATLAS is based on fast geometric coinc...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate effects of different manual techniques on cervical ranges of motion and pressure pain sensitivity in subjects with latent trigger point of the upper trapezius muscle. Methods: One hundred seventeen volunteers, with a unilateral latent trigger point on upper trapezius due to computer work, were randomly divided into 5 groups: ischemic compr...

Despite their worst-case NEXP-complete planning complexity, DEC-POMDPs remain a popular framework for multiagent teamwork. This paper introduces effective teamwork under model uncertainty (i.e., potentially inaccurate transition and observation functions) as a novel challenge for DEC-POMDPs and presents MODERN, the first executioncentric framework for DEC-POMDPs explicitly motivated by addressi...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether dry needling of an active myofascial trigger point (MTrP) reduces pain and alters the status of the trigger point to either a non-spontaneously tender nodule or its resolution. DESIGN A prospective, nonrandomized, controlled, interventional clinical study. SETTING University campus. PARTICIPANTS A total of 56 subjects with neck or shoulder girdle pain of mor...

BACKGROUND Plantar heel pain can be managed with dry needling of myofascial trigger points (MTrPs); however, whether MTrP needling is effective remains controversial. Thus, we conducted this meta-analysis to evaluate the effect of MTrP needling in patients with plantar heel pain. MATERIALS AND METHODS PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, SinoMed (Chinese BioMedical Literature Service System, Peopl...

The effect of S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe) and placebo was evaluated in a short-term crossover study of 17 patients with primary fibromyalgia. Eleven of 17 patients had a significant depressive state as assessed by either the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale or the Scala di Autovalutazione per la Depressione (SAD) rating scale. The number of trigger points plus painful anatomic sites decreased a...

Background. We need to understand more about how DNF performs in different contexts and whether it affects the pain threshold over myofascial trigger points (MTrPs). Purpose. The objectives were to investigate the effect of neck muscles training on disability and pain and on pain threshold over MTrPs in people with chronic neck pain. Methods. Patients with chronic neck pain were eligible for pa...

This paper discusses the defi nition of a common, but incompletely understood syndrome associated with soft tissue pain, referred to as myofascial pain syndrome (MPS). It begins with a description of the syndrome and its frequently associated fi nding, the myofascial trigger point (MTrP). The paper describes current published data about biochemical, mechanical, and physical properties of the MT...