|
Trigger point: Curable or palliative symptoms |
|---|---|
| รหัสดีโอไอ | |
| Creator | 1. Yodchai Boonprakob 2. Supaporn Phadungkit 3. Settapong Nongharnpitak 4. Thanaporn Srijessadarak 5. Wanatchaporn Supasatean 6. Chokcharin Nakhengrit |
| Title | Trigger point: Curable or palliative symptoms |
| Publisher | Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University |
| Publication Year | 2559 |
| Journal Title | Journal of Associated Medical Sciences |
| Journal Vol. | 49 |
| Journal No. | 1 |
| Page no. | 155-166 |
| ISSN | 25396056 |
| Abstract | Trigger point (TrP) is an important sign of patients with myofascial pain syndrome. It is a focal area or nodule within the affected muscle. It presents localized pain and referred pain to other areas of the body when compression or tension is applied to the affected trigger point. Complex pathogenesis according to trigger involved various functions of organ system, i.e. nervous and musculoskeletal system. This review article provides knowledge of muscle physiology, integrated hypothesis for initiation and persistence of trigger points, and several of reports of current trigger point's therapies. |