title: Use of trigger point injections in chronic pelvic pain.
abstract: In order to fully evaluate the woman with chronic pelvic pain, the clinician must consider the possibility of abdominal wall pain. A useful technique in both diagnosis and treatment may be trigger point injections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Tennessee, Memphis.
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Ling
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Slocumb
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007273:Injections, Intramuscular / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D009209:Myofascial Pain Syndromes / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D017699:Pelvic Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local