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Myofascial Pain Syndrome: Correlation between the Irritability of Trigger Points and the Prevalence of Local Twitch Responses during Trigger Point Injection

Ta-Shen Kuan Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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Chang-Zern Hong Department of Physical Therapy, Hung Kuang University, Sha-Lu, Tai-Chung, Taiwan
, MD,
Shu-Min Chen Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
, MD,
Chien-Tsung Tsai Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Da Chien General Hospital, Miao-Li City, Taiwan
, MD,
Wei-Chang Yen Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
, MD,
Jo-Tong Chen Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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Chi-Yen Feng Department of General Surgery, Da Chien General Hospital, Miao-Li City, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 250-256 | Received 30 Jan 2012, Accepted 23 May 2012, Published online: 27 Nov 2012

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Sudarshan Anandkumar. (2018) Effect of dry needling on myofascial pain syndrome of the quadratus femoris: A case report. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice 34:2, pages 157-164.
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Thomas Perreault, James Dunning & Raymond Butts. (2017) The local twitch response during trigger point dry needling: Is it necessary for successful outcomes?. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies 21:4, pages 940-947.
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David Rodríguez Sanz, César Calvo Lobo, Daniel López López, Carlos Romero Morales, Carlos Sosa Marín & Irene Sanz Corbalán. (2016) Interrater Reliability in the Clinical Evaluation of Myofascial Trigger Points in Three Ankle Muscles. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 39:9, pages 623-634.
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