A critical overview of current myofascial pain literature - March 2015

Jan Dommerholt; Michelle Layton; Todd Hooks; Rob Grieve

doi:10.1016/j.jbmt.2015.01.003

A critical overview of current myofascial pain literature - March 2015

J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2015 Apr;19(2):337-49. doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2015.01.003. Epub 2015 Jan 29.

Authors

Jan Dommerholt¹, Michelle Layton², Todd Hooks³, Rob Grieve⁴

Affiliations

¹ Bethesda Physiocare, Bethesda, MD, USA; Myopain Seminars, Bethesda, MD, USA; PhysioFitness, Rockville, MD, USA. Electronic address: dommerholt@myopainseminars.com.
² Bethesda Physiocare, Bethesda, MD, USA; Myopain Seminars, Bethesda, MD, USA. Electronic address: mbfpt77@gmail.com.
³ Champion Sports Medicine in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Electronic address: trhooks@hotmail.com.
⁴ Department of Allied Health Professions, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of England, Blackberry Hill, Bristol, United Kingdom. Electronic address: Rob.Grieve@uwe.ac.uk.

PMID: 25892390
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2015.01.003

Abstract

The second article in this review series considers multiple recent publications about myofascial pain, trigger points (TrPs) and other related topics. The article is divided into several sections, including a Basic Research section (4 articles), a section on Soft Tissue Approaches (5 articles), a Dry Needling and Acupuncture section (7 articles), an Injection section (2 articles), a section on. Modalities (1 article), Other Clinical Approaches (3 articles) and finally a Reviews section (7 articles). The thirty publications reviewed in this article originated in all corners of the world.

Keywords: Dry needling; Manual therapy; Myofascial pain syndrome; Trigger points.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Acupuncture Therapy / methods
Humans
Myofascial Pain Syndromes / rehabilitation*
Pain Measurement
Therapy, Soft Tissue / methods*
Trigger Points / physiopathology