Pressure Threshold for Referred Pain by Compression on the Trigger Point and Adjacent Areas
- 16 January 1996
- journal article
- Published by The Haworth Press in Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain
- Vol. 4 (3) , 61-79
- https://doi.org/10.1300/j094v04n03_07
Abstract
Objective: This study is designed to investigate the amount of pressure on a myofascial pain trigger point [TrP] sufficient to initiate referred pain. Methods: Sensitive spots in palpable taut band...Keywords
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