title: Abnormally tender muscle regions and associated painful movements.
abstract: The location, signs, aetiology, clinical importance and treatment of abnormally tender muscle regions are discussed. Impaired movements associated with one affected muscle in any joint region are investigated in 10 patients; all 10 present with the same pattern of pain-producing movements (i.e. any movement or manoeuvre that increases either the length or the isometric tension within the affected muscle).
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000503:physiopathology; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D009132:Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*