Open AccessMyofascial pain: A review - Part I
Author(s) -
Shelley Pullen
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
south african journal of physiotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.166
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2410-8219
pISSN - 0379-6175
DOI - 10.4102/sajp.v48i2.743
Subject(s) - myofascial pain , physical therapy , myofascial pain syndrome , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , affect (linguistics) , myofascial release , psychology , alternative medicine , communication , pathology
Myofascial pain syndrome is pain and/or autonomic phenomena referred from active myofascial trigger points with associated dysfunction.It has been said to affect human well-being and productivity even to the extent of driving some people to suicide.A literature review of myofascial pain is presented. An interesting historical view of muscular pain is discussed.