Probable Mechanisms of Needling Therapies for Myofascial Pain Control

Mechanical pain sensitivity of deep tissues in children - possible development of myofascial trigger points in children

(2012) Ting-I Han et al.   BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

Remote Therapeutic Effectiveness of Acupuncture in Treating Myofascial Trigger Point of the Upper Trapezius Muscle

(2011) Li-Wei Chou et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION

Spinal Cord Mechanism Involving the Remote Effects of Dry Needling on the Irritability of Myofascial Trigger Spots in Rabbit Skeletal Muscle

(2011) Yueh-Ling Hsieh et al.   ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

Neuroanatomical characteristics of acupuncture points: relationship between their anatomical locations and traditional clinical indications

(2011) K. J. Cheng   Acupuncture in Medicine

Myofascial trigger points: spontaneous electrical activity and its consequences for pain induction and propagation

(2011) Hong-You Ge et al.   Chinese Medicine

The Therapeutic Effects of Acupuncture on Patients with Chronic Neck Myofascial Pain Syndrome: A Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

(2010) Mei-Yuan Sun et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE

Remote Effects of Dry Needling on the Irritability of the Myofascial Trigger Point in the Upper Trapezius Muscle

(2010) Chien-Tsung Tsai et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE & REHABILITATION

Comparative Effects of Acupressure at Local and Distal Acupuncture Points on Pain Conditions and Autonomic Function in Females with Chronic Neck Pain

(2010) Takako Matsubara et al.   Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Dry Needling in the Management of Musculoskeletal Pain

(2010) L. Kalichman et al.   Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Acupuncture analgesia: Areas of consensus and controversy

(2010) Ji-Sheng Han   PAIN

Review: Acupuncture Analgesia in Clinical Trials

(2009) Jaung Geng Lin et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE

The Inflammatory Reflex and the Role of Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies

(2009) Stacey L. Oke et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Remote Influences of Acupuncture on the Pain Intensity and the Amplitude Changes of Endplate Noise in the Myofascial Trigger Point of the Upper Trapezius Muscle

(2009) Li-Wei Chou et al.   ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

Current studies on myofascial pain syndrome

(2009) Ta-Shen Kuan   Current Pain and Headache Reports

Neuroanatomical basis of acupuncture treatment for some common illnesses

(2009) K. J. Cheng   Acupuncture in Medicine

Acupuncture Analgesia: A Review of Its Mechanisms of Actions

(2008) Jaung-Geng Lin et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE

Biochemicals Associated With Pain and Inflammation are Elevated in Sites Near to and Remote From Active Myofascial Trigger Points

(2008) Jay P. Shah et al.   ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

Acupuncture and dry needling in the management of myofascial trigger point pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

(2008) Elizabeth A. Tough et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN

Can Classical Acupuncture Points and Trigger Points Be Compared in the Treatment of Pain Disorders? Birch's Analysis Revisited

(2008) Peter T. Dorsher   JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

A New Technique for Acupuncture Therapy and Its Effectiveness in Treating Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Case Report

(2008) Li-Wei Chou et al.   JOURNAL OF MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN

Uncovering the Biochemical Milieu of Myofascial Trigger Points Using In Vivo Microdialysis

(2008) Jay P. Shah   JOURNAL OF MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN

Effects of dry needling at tender points for neck pain (Japanese: katakori): near-infrared spectroscopy for monitoring muscular oxygenation of the trapezius

(2008) Shizuo Jimbo et al.   JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SCIENCE