Myofascial Pain Syndrome: Here We Are, Where Must We Go?

Increased Spontaneous Electrical Activity at a Latent Myofascial Trigger Point After Nociceptive Stimulation of Another Latent Trigger Point

(2010) Josué Fernández-Carnero et al.   CLINICAL JOURNAL OF PAIN

Comorbidity of fibromyalgia and cervical myofascial pain syndrome

(2010) Burcu Duyur Cakit et al.   CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY

Novel Applications of Ultrasound Technology to Visualize and Characterize Myofascial Trigger Points and Surrounding Soft Tissue

(2009) Siddhartha Sikdar et al.   ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

Nociceptive and Non-nociceptive Hypersensitivity at Latent Myofascial Trigger Points

(2009) Lian-Tao Li et al.   CLINICAL JOURNAL OF PAIN

Comparison of injection methods in myofascial pain syndrome: a randomized controlled trial

(2009) Saime Ay et al.   CLINICAL RHEUMATOLOGY

Contribution of the local and referred pain from active myofascial trigger points in fibromyalgia syndrome

(2009) Hong-You Ge et al.   PAIN

A New Muscle Pain Detection Device to Diagnose Muscles as a Source of Back and/or Neck Pain

(2009) Corey Hunter et al.   PAIN MEDICINE

Ischemic compression block attenuates mechanical hyperalgesia evoked from latent myofascial trigger points

(2009) Yong-Hui Wang et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH

A Systematic, Critical Review of Manual Palpation for Identifying Myofascial Trigger Points: Evidence and Clinical Significance

(2008) Corrie Myburgh et al.   ARCHIVES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION

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

Predictor Variables for Identifying Patients with Chronic Tension-Type Headache Who are Likely to Achieve Short-Term Success with Muscle Trigger Point Therapy

(2008) C Fernández-de-las-Peñas et al.   CEPHALALGIA

Rapid muscle activation and force capacity in conditions of chronic musculoskeletal pain

(2008) Lars L. Andersen et al.   CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS

Ability of magnetic resonance elastography to assess taut bands

(2008) Qingshan Chen et al.   CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS

Reliability of Physical Examination for Diagnosis of Myofascial Trigger Points

(2008) Nicholas Lucas et al.   CLINICAL JOURNAL OF PAIN

Central mechanisms in the maintenance of chronic widespread noninflammatory muscle pain

(2008) Josimari M. DeSantana et al.   Current Pain and Headache Reports

Evidence of neuroaxonal degeneration in myofascial pain syndrome: A study of neuromuscular jitter by axonal microstimulation

(2008) Chein-Wei Chang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN

The Taut Band and Other Mysteries of the Trigger Point: An Examination of the Mechanisms Relevant to the Development and Maintenance of the Trigger Point

(2008) Robert D. Gerwin   JOURNAL OF MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN

Serum and tissue cytokines and chemokines increase with repetitive upper extremity tasks

(2008) Mary F. Barbe et al.   JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH

Muscle Inflammation Induces a Protein Kinase Cε–Dependent Chronic-Latent Muscle Pain

(2008) Olayinka A. Dina et al.   JOURNAL OF PAIN

High force reaching task induces widespread inflammation, increased spinal cord neurochemicals and neuropathic pain

(2008) M.B. Elliott et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Experimental muscle pain impairs descending inhibition

(2008) Lars Arendt-Nielsen et al.   PAIN

Estrogen alters spinal NMDA receptor activity via a PKA signaling pathway in a visceral pain model in the rat

(2008) Bin Tang et al.   PAIN

Bradykinin and kallidin levels in the trapezius muscle in patients with work-related trapezius myalgia, in patients with whiplash associated pain, and in healthy controls – A microdialysis study of women

(2008) Björn Gerdle et al.   PAIN

Dorsal horn neurons having input from low back structures in rats

(2008) Toru Taguchi et al.   PAIN

TRP channels and ASICs mediate mechanical hyperalgesia in models of inflammatory muscle pain and delayed onset muscle soreness

(2008) Yuko Fujii et al.   PAIN

Acidic buffer induced muscle pain evokes referred pain and mechanical hyperalgesia in humans

(2008) Laura A. Frey Law et al.   PAIN

Trigger Point Injections for Chronic Non-Malignant Musculoskeletal Pain: A Systematic Review

(2008) N. Ann Scott et al.   PAIN MEDICINE

Influence of a chronic myositis on rat spinal field potentials evoked by TTX-resistant unmyelinated skin and muscle afferents

(2007) D. Lambertz et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN

Biochemical alterations in the trapezius muscle of patients with chronic whiplash associated disorders (WAD) - A microdialysis study

(2007) Björn Gerdle et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAIN

Sex Differences in Muscle Pain: Self-Care Behaviors and Effects on Daily Activities

(2007) Erin A. Dannecker et al.   JOURNAL OF PAIN

Central representation of hyperalgesia from myofascial trigger point

(2007) David M. Niddam et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Serotonin (5-HT) excites rat masticatory muscle afferent fibers through activation of peripheral 5-HT3 receptors

(2007) David Sung et al.   PAIN

The change in spatial distribution of upper trapezius muscle activity is correlated to contraction duration

(2006) Dario Farina et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTROMYOGRAPHY AND KINESIOLOGY