BACKGROUND Myofascial pain is defined as pain that originates from myofascial trigger points in skeletal muscle. It is prevalent in regional musculoskeletal pain syndromes, either alone or in combination with other pain generators. The myofascial pain syndrome is one of the largest groups of under diagnosed and under treated medical problems encountered in clinical practice. Trigger points are ...

This randomized controlled trial aimed to investigate the distinctness after treatment among hot herbal compress, hot compress, and topical diclofenac. The registrants were equally divided into groups and received the different treatments including hot herbal compress, hot compress, and topical diclofenac group, which served as the control group. After treatment courses, Visual Analog Scale and...

It is the position of the American Association of Orthopaedic Medicine that prolotherapy is a safe efficacious therapy for the treatment of selected cases of low back pain and other chronic myofascial pain syndromes. This is based upon basic science data showing the effects of prolotherapy in animal models, clinical studies, a lengthy history of clinical use and efficacy, and increasingly wides...

The pronator quadratus (PQ) is a muscle that has been virtually forgotten since it was first documented four centuries ago. Little, if any, functional syndromes have been attributed to the PQ since that time nor have any thorough investigations been conducted with respect to it’s anatomy. In this case report, an instance of PQ myofascial pain syndrome is described as well as the examination tha...

The concept of fibromyalgia is fairly recent, by evolving from previous notions such as muscular rheumatism and fibrositis. In this concise report the main stages leading to the development of the concept of fibromyalgia are sketched out, beginning from the notions of fibrositis nodules, trigger points and myofascial pain, up to the most recent knowledge including this clinical condition in the...

Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT), a product of Clostridium botulinum, reversibly inhibits the presynaptic release neurotransmitter acetylcholine at neuromuscular junction. In addition, BoNT blocks transmission other substances involved in pain perception and, together with soft-tissue anti-inflammatory effect, may play role analgesia. When first-line treatment fails, second-line therapies might incl...

Abstract Recent scientific evidence suggests that one of the causes myofascial pain syndromes responsible for occurrence chronic headaches, among other things, may be increased or impaired with trigger point therapy. This paper presents results a non-systematic literature review on The analysis shows clear increase in interest invasive treatment techniques. Invasive therapy consists primarily u...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate television and simultaneous electronic devices use in adolescents with musculoskeletal pain and musculoskeletal pain syndromes. METHODS A cross-sectional study was performed in 299 healthy adolescents of a private school. All students completed a self-administered questionnaire, including: demographic data, physical activities, musculoskeletal pain symptoms, and use of s...

BACKGROUND Patients undergoing treatment for head and neck cancer may develop myofascial pain syndrome as sequelae. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence, risk factors, and quality of life (QOL) related to myofascial pain syndrome. METHODS This was a prospective study including patients with head and neck cancer with at least a 1-year disease-free interval. RESULTS One h...