title: [Myofascial pain syndrome].
abstract: The myofascial pain syndrome is an autonomous clinical picture with well-defined clinical and morphological features. The myofascial pain is initiated through trigger points in the musculature which induce a typical referred pain into a specific body region typical for each muscle. Untreated, the myofascial pain syndrome leads to a reduced extensibility of the involved muscle with consecutive decrease of the range of motion and development of a muscular imbalance resulting in a disturbance of complex movement and evolution of a chronic pain disease. An early started and aimed therapy can prevent effectively the chronification. It includes beside the local treatment of the trigger point (e. g. spray-and-stretch, infiltration, acupuncture), the pharmacological and psychotherapy, the physiotherapy and the different procedures of the physical therapy.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädische Universitätsklinik Erlangen. raimund.forst@ortho.med.uni-erlangen.de
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Forst
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ingenhorst
mesh_terms: D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D009209:Myofascial Pain Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011613:Psychotherapy