Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2014, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (46): 7520-7527.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2014.46.028

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Myofascial trigger points: the common cause of clinical tissue pain 

Liu Lin1, Huang Qiang-min1, 2, Tang Li3   

  1. 1Department of Sport Medicine, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China; 2Department of Pain, Shanghai Hudong Hospital, Teaching Practice Base of Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200129, China; 3Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tongren Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200050, China
  • Revised:2014-10-11 Online:2014-11-12 Published:2014-11-12
  • Contact: Huang Qiang-min, M.D., Professor, Department of Sport Medicine, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China; Department of Pain, Shanghai Hudong Hospital, Teaching Practice Base of Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200129, China
  • About author:Liu Lin, Studying for master’s degree, Department of Sport Medicine, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438, China
  • Supported by:

    Ministry of Education and Provincial Open Fund of Shanghai University of Sport; the grant from Shanghai Key Laboratory of Development and Protection of Human Exercise Capacity, No. 11DZ2261100; the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81470105

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Myofascial trigger points have been widely applied in clinical rehabilitation and tissue pain field in the United States and Europe countries, and they have been recognized as the common cause of clinical musculoskeletal pain, joint function limitation, tissue injuries and muscle fatigue by many physiotherapists abroad. However, in China, many experts still have some mistaken ideas and limitations to understand the pathological mechanism and to diagnosis and treat myofascial trigger points.

OBJECTIVE: From the aspects of the etiology, pathological mechanism, diagnosis and positioning, treatments, to elaborate the method issues and the clinical experience of treatments of myofascial trigger points.
METHODS: PubMed, ScienceDirect, EBSCO and CNKI databases were searched by the keywords of “myofascial trigger points, myofascial pain syndrome” in Chinese and English, respectively, in the titles and abstract to retrieve relevant articles published from the time of database construction to August 2014.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: It is concluded that a child has myofascial trigger points in some skeletal muscles after age of 4 years. The main causes of myofascial trigger points include issue trauma, the wrong posture, bone and joint degeneration, nutrition deficiency, mental stress, chronic infection and so on. The pathological mechanism of myofascial trigger points remains unknown, but what has been widely accepted is the integrated trigger point hypothesis introduced by Simons. And how to find and position myofascial trigger points is the key point to treat this disease successfully. The application of myofascial trigger points techniques is important for the rehabilitation of clinical tissue pain and the occurrence and spread of bone and joint injuries, myofascitis, muscle pain, muscle fatigue and so on.


中国组织工程研究
杂志出版内容重点:组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松组织工程


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Key words: pain, fasciitis, myofascial pain syndromes

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