title: Diagnosis and treatment of myofascial pain.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (CUNY), New York.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kraus
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009209:Myofascial Pain Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods