Diagnosis and treatment of myofascial pain.
The importance of muscle as a source of pain should not be underestimated. Proper diagnosis of the four types of muscle pain (tension, spasm, muscle deficiency, and trigger points) is essential to effective management. Pain-diagnostic instruments can quantify tenderness and spasm and help evaluate treatment results.
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Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (CUNY), New York.
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D006801:Humans; D009209:Myofascial Pain Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods