acupuncture(ăkˈyo͝opŭngˌchər), technique of traditional Chinese medicine, in which a number of very fine metal needles are inserted into the skin at specially designated points. For thousands of years acupuncture has been used, along with herbal medicine, for pain relief and trea...
Triggerpoints may be located basically anywhere in the skeletal muscle. In back problems, they are sometimes mis-interpreted as disc disease. True diagnosis can be made by recognizing the pain pattern of triggerpoints and by palpation of the muscles. Treatment consists of needling and infiltrating...
We repeated our analyses including only pain end points measured at 2 to 3 months after randomization. There was no material effect on results: effect sizes increased by 0.05 to 0.09 SD for musculoskeletal and osteoarthritis RCTs and were stable otherwise. As an exploratory analysis, we compared...
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Points on the body surface at which acupuncture is believed to correct disturbances of energy flow associated with disease. Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012 Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visit...
Traditional acupuncture involves inserting tiny, sterile needles into particular points and letting them sit for a period of time. Sometimes the needles are tweaked by spinning or gentle touching. Trigger Point Acupuncture is different. Trigger point acupuncture is a more aggressive, direct manipulation...
The third edition of this highly successful book describes how musculoskeletal pain can be simply and effectively treated by acupuncture. It gives a comprehensive account of current knowledge concerning two very commonly occurring musculoskeletal pain disorders - the myofascial trigger point pain syndrome ...
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Acupuncture, trigger points and musculoskeletal pain: a scientific approach to acupuncture for use by doctors and physiotherapists in the diagnosis and management of myofascial trigger point pain 2nd ed:by P.E. Baldry Edinburgh: Churchil... Trigger points associated with myofascial and visceral pains...
To review the literature of acupuncture at trigger point for myofascial pain syndrome from the main selected points (trigger point), the mechanism of Chinese medicine and modern research and its clinical application. The results show that acupuncture at trigger point has significant effect on the myo...