Some of the most prevalent and debilitating pain conditions arise from the structures
innervated by the trigeminal system (head, face, masticatory musculature …

Background A myofascial trigger point is defined as a hyperirritable spot in skeletal muscle
that is associated with a hypersensitive palpable nodule in a taut band. It has been …

Sikdar S, Shah JP, Gebreab T, Yen RH, Gilliams E, Danoff J, Gerber LH. Novel applications
of ultrasound technology to visualize and characterize myofascial trigger points and …

Background Trigger points are promoted as an important cause of musculoskeletal pain.
There is no accepted reference standard for the diagnosis of trigger points, and data on the …

Tension-type headache (TTH) is the most common form of headache, and chronic tension-
type headache (CTTH) is one of the most neglected and difficult types of headache to treat …

Trigger point dry needling is a treatment technique used by physical therapists around the
world. In the United States, trigger point dry needling has been approved as within the scope …

Present pain models for tension-type headache suggest that nociceptive inputs from
peripheral tender muscles can lead to central sensitization and chronic tension-type …

Objective: Myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) are focal disruptions in the skeletal muscle that
can refer pain to the head and reproduce the pain patterns of tension-type HA (TTH). The …

The tenderness of pericranial myofascial tissues and number of myofascial trigger points are
considerably increased in patients with tension-type headache (TTH). Mechanisms …

Objective.—To assess the differences in the presence of trigger points (TrPs) in head and
neck muscles, forward head posture (FHP) and neck mobility between episodic tension‐type …