Objective Although manual pressure, such as that used during a massage, is often associated with pain, it can simultaneously be perceived pleasant when applied to certain body areas. We hypothesized stimulation of myofascial trigger points (TPs) leads simultaneous pain and pleasure. TPs are hyperirritable located in the taut band skeletal muscle. Method In this study, we measured muscle tone, s...

This document describes the use of the FPGA coprocessor microEnable as Read Out Buffer (ROB) hardware for the trigger system of the Atlas detector. It shows with performance measurements the possibilities of FPGA hardware to buffer and manipulate data received from the detector very fast. It points out that FPGA hardware can be used successfully in the Atlas trigger environment.

Over the last few decades, advances have been made in the understanding of myofascial pain syndrome epidemiology, clinical characteristics and aetiopathogenesis, but many unknowns remain. An integrated hypothesis has provided a greater understanding of the physiopathology of trigger points, which may allow the development of new diagnostic, and above all, therapeutic methods, as well as the est...

PURPOSE To determine the prevalence and clinical characteristics of trigeminal-cervical (TC) ocular referred pain. METHODS A retrospective study of 1,680 patients seen during 2002-2010 was performed in an ocular surface specialty center to identify patients with or without TC pain defined as ocular pain with ipsilateral trigger points located at the occipital region. Patients with refractory ...