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Author

Title

Publication

Year

Acquadro, M. A. and Borodic, G. E.  Treatment of myofascial pain with botulinum A toxin [letter]  Anesthesiology, 80, 705-706. (1994) 
Allen, G., B.S. Galer, and L. Schwartz Epidemiology of complex regional pain syndrome: a retrospective chart review of 134 patients.  Pain. 80(3): p. 539-44 1999.
Andersen, J. H., Kærgaard, A. and Rasmussen, K.  Myofascial pain in different occupational groups with monotonous repetitive work  J Musculoske Pain, 3, 57 (abstract) 1995
Ashina, M., et al. Muscle hardness in patients with chronic tension-type headache: relation to actual headache state Pain. 79(2-3): p. 201-5 1999
Awad EA Histopathological 
changes in fibrositis
Advances in Pain Research and 
Therapy 17: 249-258
1990
Baldry, P. E.  Acupuncture, Trigger Points and Musculoskeletal Pain,  Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh 1993
Bartels EM & 
Danneskiold-Samsoe B
Histological abnormalities in 
muscle from patients with 
fibrositis syndrome
Lancet i: 61-65 1986
Bartes T Myofascial pain Ambulatory Pediatrics II : Personal 
Health Care of Children in the 
Office. Phil., WB Saunders
1977
Bates, T. and Grunwaldt, E.  Myofascial pain in childhood  J Pediatr, 53, 198-209 1958
Bell, K.R., E.E. Kraus, and N.D. Zasler Medical management of posttraumatic headaches: pharmacological and physical treatment J Head Trauma Rehabil. 14(1): p. 34-48 1999
Bendtsen, L., Jensen, R. and Olesen, J.  Qualitatively altered nociception in chronic myofascial pain  Pain, 65, 259-264 1996
Bendtsen, L., Rigmor, J., Jensen, N. K., et al Muscle palpation with controlled finger pressure: new equipment for the study of tender myofascial tissues  Pain, 59, 235-239 1994
Bengtssen A, 
Henrikson KG & Larsson J
Muscle biopsy in primary 
fibromyalgia: light microscopical 
and histochemical findings
Scandanavian Journal of 
Rheumatology 15: 1-6
1986
Benjamin, E., Gray, K., Skibo, J., et al.  The effects of manual compression techniques in conjunction with moist heat on cervical trigger points as measured with the crom device  Phys Ther, 77, S41 (abstract 1997
Bogduk, N. and Simons, D. G.  Neck pain:  joint pain or trigger points  In  Progress in fibromyalgia and myofascial pain, (Eds, Værøy, H. and Merskey, H.) Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 267-273 1993
Brig, M. S.  Myofascial pain: trigger point injections vs transcutaneous electrical stimulation  Scand J Rheumatol Suppl, 94, 55. 1992
Brody SI Sore throat of myofascial origin Milit Med 129: 9-19 1964
Brückle, W., Sückfull, M., Fleckenstein, W., et al.  Gewebe-pO2-Messung in der verspannten Rückenmuskulatur (m. erector spinae)  Z. Rheumatol., 49, 208-216. 1990
Bryant, G. W. T.  Myofascial pain dysfunction and viola playing  Br Dent J, 166, 335-336 1989
Buskila, D Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and myofascial pain syndrome Curr Opin Rheumatol. 11(2): p. 119-26 1999
Campbell JN, Meyer RA & 
Raja SN
Is nociceptor activation by alpha-1 
adrenoreceptors the culprit in sympathecically maintained pain?
APS Journal 1: 3-1 1 1992
Chen JT, Chen SM, Kuan TS, Chung KC, Hong CZ Phentolamine effect on the spontaneous electrical activity of active loci in a myofascial trigger spot of rabbit skeletal muscle Arch Phys Med Rehabil 79(7): 790-794 1998
Dao TT, Knight K, Ton That V Modulation of myofascial pain by the reproductive hormones: a preliminary report J Prosthet Dent , 79(6): 663-670 1998
Dao TT, Reynolds WJ, Tenenbaum HC Comorbidity between myofascial pain of the masticatory muscles and fibromyalgia J Orofac Pain ,11(3):232-241 1997
Dejung, B.  Die Behandlung "chronischer Zerrungen" Schweiz Ztschr Sportmed, 36, 161-168 1988
Dejung, B.  Triggerpunkt- und Bindegewebebehandlung - neue Wege in Physiotherapie und Rehabilitationsmedizin  Physiotherapeut, 24, 3-12. 1988
Delaney, G. A. and McKee, A. C.  Inter- and intra-rater reliability of the pressure threshold meter in measurement of myofascial trigger point sensitivity  Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 72, 136-139. 1993
Dexter JR & Simons DG Local twitch response in human muscle 
evoked by palpation and needle 
penetrationon of a trigger point
Archives of Physical Medicine and 
Rehabilitation 62: 521-522
1981
Diakow, P. R. P.  Thermographic imaging of myofascial trigger points  J Manipulative Physiol Ther, 11, 114-117. 1988
Dommerholt, J Tender vs. trigger points and other issues regarding fibromyalgia  Advance for physical therapists and PT assistants, 9, 4,31 (letter to the editor 1998
Dommerholt, J. Trigger points and myofascial pain  In Advance for physical therapists & PT assistants,  Vol. 9 , pp. 13, 25. 1998
Donaldson, C. C. S., Skubick, D. L., Clasby, R. G., et al.  The evaluation of trigger-point activity using dynamic EMG techniques  Am J Pain Management, 4, 118-122. 1994
Dubner R Neuronal plasticity and pain following 
peripheral tissue inflammation or nerve 
injury
Proceedings of the VIth World 
Congress on Pain, pp 263-276. 
Amsterdam: Elsevier
1991
Ernberg, M., et al The level of serotonin in the superficial masseter muscle in relation to local pain and allodynia  Life Sci. 65(3): p. 313-25 1999
Fischer A. Algometry in Diagnosis of Musculoskeletal Pain and Evaluation of Treatment Outcome:An Update Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain, Vol 6, 1: 5-32 1998
Fischer, A.  Local injections in pain management;  Trigger point needling with infiltration and somatic blocks  In  Injection Techniques:  Principles and Practice,  Vol. 851-870  (Eds, Kraft, G. H. and Weinstein, S. M.) W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia. 1995
Fricton, J. R Myofascial pain syndrome:  characteristics and epidemiology  Adv Pain Res, 17, 107-128 1990
Fricton, J. R., Kroening, R., Haley, D., et al Myofascial pain syndrome of the head and neck:  a review of clinical characteristics of 
164 patients 
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol, 60, 615-623. 1985
Gariphianova, M. B.  The ultrastructure of myogenic trigger points in patients with contracture of mimetic muscles  J Musculoske Pain, 3, 23 
(abstract). 
1995
Gerwin, R Myofascial back and neck pain  In  Physical Medicine 
and Rehabilitation State of the Art Reviews,  Vol. 9  Hanley & Belfus, 
Philadelphia, pp. 657-671. 
1995
Gerwin, R. D The clinical assessment of myofascial pain  In 
Handbook of pain assessment,  (Eds, Turk, D. C. and Melzack, R.) The Guilford Press, New York, pp. 61-70. 
1992
Gerwin, R. D Neurobiology of the myofascial trigger point  In 
Ballière's Clinical Rheumatology,  Vol. 8  (Ed, Masi, A.) , pp. 747-762. 
1994
Gerwin, R. D. and Dommerholt, J. Treatment of myofascial pain syndromes  In  Pain management; a practical guide for clinicians,  Vol.1  (Ed, Weiner, R.) St. Lucie Press, Boca Raton, pp. 217-229  1997
Gerwin, R. D. and Duranleau, D Ultrasound identification of the 
myofacial trigger point 
Muscle Nerve, 20, 767-768. 1997
Gerwin, R. D. and Gevirtz, R.  Chronic myofascial pain: iron 
insufficieny and coldness as risk factors 
J Musculoske Pain, 3, 120. 1995
Gerwin, R. D., Shannon, S., Hong, C.-Z., et al.  Interrater reliability in myofascial trigger point examination  Pain, 69, 65-73. 1997
Goldberg, R.T., W.N. Pachas, and D. Keith Relationship between traumatic events in childhood and chronic pain Disabil Rehabil. 21(1): p. 23-30 1999
Gröbli, C.  Klinik und Pathophysiologie von myofaszialen Triggerpunkten  Physiotherapie, 32, 17-26. 1997
Gröbli, C. and Dommerholt, J Myofasziale Triggerpunkte; 
Pathologie und Behandlungsmöglichkeiten 
Manuelle Medizin, 35, 295-303 1997
Gunn, C.C. Treating myofascial pain: Intramuscular stimulation (IMS) for myofascial pain syndromes of radiculopathic origin 2nd Edition, Churchill and Livingston 1996
Hauser, R.A Punishing the pain. Treating chronic pain with prolotherapy Rehab Manag. 12(2): p. 26-8, 30 1999
Hoheisel U & Mense S Response behavior of cat dorsal horn 
neurons receiving input from skeletal 
muscle and other deep somatic tissues
Journal of Physiology 426: 265-280 1990
Hoheisel U, Mense S, Simons DG 
& Yu X-M
Appearance of new receptive fields 
in cat dorsal horn neurons following noxious stimulation of skeletal muscle: a model for referral of muscle pain?
Neuroscience Letters 153: 9-12 1993
Hong C-Z Algometry in Evaluation of Trigger Points and Referred Pain Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain, Vol 6, 1: 47- 59 1998
Hong C-Z Persistence of local twirch response 
with loss of conduction to and from 
the spinal cord
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 75: 12-16 1994
Hong CZ, Simons DG Pathophysiologic and electrophysiologic mechanisms of myofascial trigger points Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 79(7):863-872 1998
Hong C-Z, Simons DG & Statham L Electromyographic analysis of local twitch 
responses of human extensor digitorum 
communis muscle during ischemic 
compression over the arm
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 67-680 1986
Hu JW, Sessie BJ, Raboisson P, 
Dallei R & Woda A
Stimulation of craniofacial muscle 
afferents induces prolonged facilitory 
effects in trigeminal nociceptive 
brain-stem neurones
Pain 48: 53-60 1992

Hubbard DR & Berkoff GM
Myofascial trigger points show spontaneous needle EMG activity Spine 18: 1803-1807 1993
Ingber  RS Myofascial Pain Syndromes in
                      Lumbar Dysfunction
Critical Reviews in
                      Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
1999
Ingber RS Shoulder impingement syndrome in racquet/tennis  players treated w/ subscapularis myofascial treatments: a
                      report of 3 cases
Archives of PM&R 2000
Jensen R, Bendtsen L, Olesen J Muscular factors of importance in tension-type headache Headache, 38(1):10-17 1998
Jonkheere P, Pattyn J Myofascial Muscle Chains Trigger vzw, Assebroek-Brugge, Belgium, 1st ed (ISBN:90-804265-1-2) 1998
Kellgren JH On the distribution of pain arising from deep somatic structures with charts of 
segmental pain areas
Clinical Science 4. 35-46 1939
Knutson, G.A. and M. Jacob Possible manifestation of temporomandibular joint dysfunction on chiropractic cervical X-ray studies J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 22(1): p. 32-7 1999
Komiyama, O., et al Posture correction as part of behavioural therapy in treatment of myofascial pain with limited opening J Oral Rehabil. 26(5): p. 428-35 1999.
Kravis MM, Munk PL, 
McCain GA,Vellet AD & 
Levin MF
MR imaging of musde and tender points in fibromyalgia Journal of Magnetic Resonance 
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Lewis, J. and P. Tehan A blinded pilot study investigating the use of diagnostic ultrasound for detecting active myofascial trigger points Pain. 79(1): p. 39-44 1999
Lewit K The needle effect in the relief of myofascial 
pain
Pain 6: 83-90 1979
Lewit K Postisometric relaxation in combination 
with other methods of muscular facilitation and inhibition
Manual Med 2: 101-104 1986
Lewit K, Simons DG Myofascial pain: relief by post-isometric 
relaxation
Arch Phys Med Rehabil 65: 45 1984
List, T., et al TMD in children and adolescents: prevalence of pain, gender differences, and perceived treatment need J Orofac Pain. 13(1): p. 9-20 1999
McMillan AS, Nolan A, Kelly PJ The efficacy of dry needling and procaine in the treatment of myofascial pain in the jaw muscles J Orofac Pain , 11(4):307-314 1997
Melzack R The Puzzle of Pain: Revolution in Theory 
and Treatment
New York, Basic Books Inc 1973
Mense S Peripheral mechanisms of muscle 
nociception and local muscle pain
Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain 1 
(1): 133-170
1993
Mense S Referral of muscle pain: new aspects A PS Journal 3: 1-9 1994
Park JH, Phothimat P, Oates CT, Hernanz-Schulman M, Olsen NJ Use of P-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy to detect metabolic abnormalities in muscles of patients with fibromyalgia Arthritis Rheum , 41(3):406-413 1998
Pettengill CA, Reisner-Keller L The use of tricyclic antidepressants for the control of chronic orofacial pain Cranio ,15(1): 53-56 1997
Raphael, K.G., et al Myofascial TMD does not run in families Pain. 80(1-2): p. 15-22 1999
Rinzler SH, Stein 1, Bakst H, 
Weinstein J, Gittler R, Travell J
Blocking effect of ethyl chloride 
spray on cardiacpain induced by ergonovine
Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 85: 329 
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1954
Rubin D An approach to the management of myofascial trigger point syndromes Arch Phys Med Rehabil 62: 107 
-110
1981
Simons DG Myofascial pain syndromes due to 
trigger points 1.Principles, diagnosis, 
and perpetuating factors
Manual Med 1:6771 1985
Simons DG Myofascial pain syndromes due to 
trigger points 2.Treatment and single-muscle 
syndromes
Manual Med 1: 72-77 1985
Simons DG, Mense S Understanding and measurement of muscle tone as related to clinical muscle pain Pain ,75(1):1-17 1998
Sola AE Trigger point therapy Chapter 47. In: Clinical Procedures 
in Emergency Medicine, edited by J.R.Roberts and J.R. Hedges. Saunders, Philadelphia
1985
Sonkin LS Endocrine disorders, locomotor and 
temporomandibular joint dysfunction
Clinical Management of Head, Neck and TMJ Pain and Dysfunction, edited by Gelb,WB Saunders Co, pp:140-180 1977
Travell J Basis for multiple uses of local block 
of somatictrigger areas
Mississippi Valley Med J 71: 12-21 1949
Travell J Mechanical headache Headache 7: 23-29 1967
Travell J Myofascial trigger points: clinical view Advances in Pain Research and 
Therapy. Volume 1: Proceedings of 
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New York, Raven Press pp 919 
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1976
Travell J Temporomandibular joint pain referred 
from muscles of head and neck
J Prosthet Dent 10: 745-763 1960
Travell J, Rinzler SH Myofascial genesis of pain Postgrad Med 11: 425-434 1952
Travell JG, Simons DG Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: 
The Trigger Point Manual Vol I(Upper 
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Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD 1983
Travell JG, Simons DG Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: 
The Trigger Point Manual Vol II(Lower 
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Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, MD 1992
Vargo CP, Hickman DM Cluster-like signs and symptoms respond to myofascial/craniomandibular treatment: a report of two cases Cranio, 15(1):89-93 1997
Vecchiet L, Pizzigallo E, Iezzi S, Affaitata G, Vecchiet J, Giamberardino M A Differentiation of Sensitivity in Different Tissues and Its Clinical Significance Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain, Vol 6, 1: 33-45 1998
Webber TD Diagnosis and modification of headache and shoulder-arm-hand syndrome J Am Osteopath Assoc 72: 697-710 1973
Weeks VD, Travell J Postural vertigo due to trigger areas in 
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2001 Mar
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2001 Apr
Vibert N, MacDougall HG, de Waele C, Gilchrist DP, Burgess AM, Sidis A, Migliaccio A, Curthoys IS, Vidal PP.
 
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2001 May
Wang K, Arendt-Nielsen L, Svensson P. Excitatory actions of experimental muscle pain on early and late components of human jaw stretch reflexes
 
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Svensson P, List T, Hector G.
 
Analysis of stimulus-evoked pain in patients with myofascial temporomandibular pain disorders
 
Pain. 2001 Jun;92(3):399-409.
 
2001
O'Connor SJ, Turker KS.
 
Representation of human masseter motor unit action potentials on the EMG and its implication for trigeminal reflex investigation(1)
 
Arch Oral Biol. 2001 Jun;46(6):569-72.
 
2001
Irnich D, Behrens N, Molzen H, Konig A, Gleditsch J, Krauss M, Natalis M, Senn E, Beyer A, Schops P.
 
Randomised trial of acupuncture compared with conventional massage and "sham" laser acupuncture for treatment of chronic neck pain
 
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2001
Graff-Radford SB.
 
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Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2001 Aug;5(4):376-81. Review.
 
2001 Aug
Svensson P, Burgaard A, Schlosser S.
 
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2001
       

 
 

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