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MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROME

How Do Muscle Lesions such as Latent and Active Trigger Points Influence Central Nociceptive Neurons?

Siegfried Mense Siegfried Mense, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 348-353 | Published online: 25 Oct 2010

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