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Taiwan Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
電生理學;注射;肌肉;疼痛;引痛點;electrophysiology;injection;muscle;pain;trigger points
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The Basic Unit Of A Myofascial Trigger Point, Ta-Shen Kuan, Shu-Min Chen, Jo-Tong Chen, Chang-Zern Hong
The Basic Unit Of A Myofascial Trigger Point, Ta-Shen Kuan, Shu-Min Chen, Jo-Tong Chen, Chang-Zern Hong
Rehabilitation Practice and Science
This report summarized recent studies on the basic structures of a myofascial trigger point (MTrP). A MTrP is a hyperirritable spot in a palpable taut band of skeletal muscle fibers. Spot tenderness, recognized pain, and taut band are now demonstrated to be reliable diagnostic criteria of an MTrP. Referred pain (ReP) or local twitch response (LTR) is a confirmatory sign of MTrP. There are multiple loci in an MTrP region. The basic unit of an MTrP is the MTrP locus which contains a sensory component (the sensitive locus) and a motor component (the active locus). A sensitive locus is the …