Myofascial Pain Syndromes
"Myofascial Pain Syndromes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D009209
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.651.550
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| Concept/Terms |
Myofascial Pain Syndromes- Myofascial Pain Syndromes
- Myofascial Pain Syndrome
- Pain Syndrome, Myofascial
- Pain Syndromes, Myofascial
- Syndrome, Myofascial Pain
- Syndromes, Myofascial Pain
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Myofascial Pain Syndromes" by people in Profiles.
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Morton's foot and pyridoxal 5'-phosphate deficiency: genetically linked traits. Med Hypotheses. 2014 Dec; 83(6):644-8.