Diseases

Myofascial Pain Syndromes

Muscular pain in numerous body regions that can be reproduced by pressure on TRIGGER POINTS, localized hardenings in skeletal muscle tissue. Pain is referred to a location distant from the trigger points. A prime example is the TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME.

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Muscular pain in numerous body regions that can be reproduced by pressure on TRIGGER POINTS, localized hardenings in skeletal muscle tissue. Pain is referred to a location distant from the trigger points. A prime example is the TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME.

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  • Myofascial Pain Syndrome
  • Pain Syndrome, Myofascial
  • Pain Syndromes, Myofascial
  • Syndrome, Myofascial Pain
  • Syndromes, Myofascial Pain
  • Myofascial Trigger Point Pain
  • Trigger Point Pain, Myofascial

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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do not confuse with MYOFASCIAL PAIN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME, TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT see TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME; for myofasciaI trigger point injections coordinate, MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES/ drug ther with TRIGGER POINTS + INJECTIONS or specifics

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Myofascial Pain Syndromes. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009209. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009209
  2. Myofascial Pain Syndromes. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myofascial_pain_syndrome
  3. Myofascial Pain Syndromes. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1132056