Open AccessUltrasound-guided dextrose injection treatment for chronic myofascial pain syndrome: A retrospective case series
Author(s) -
Yen Chou,
HongJen Chiou,
HsinKai Wang,
YiChen Lai
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1097/jcma.0000000000000339
Subject(s) - medicine , refractory (planetary science) , visual analogue scale , prolotherapy , ultrasound , myofascial pain syndrome , myofascial pain , surgery , anesthesia , physical therapy , radiology , pathology , physics , alternative medicine , astrobiology
Due to the lack of an evidence-based consensus, managing refractory myofascial pain syndrome is challenging for clinicians. Dextrose injection (dextrose prolotherapy) emerged as a promising, cost-effective treatment. This study evaluated the efficacy of targeted ultrasound-guided dextrose injection for localized myofascial pain syndrome.