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Compression at Myofascial Trigger Point on Chronic Neck Pain Provides Pain Relief through the Prefrontal Cortex and Autonomic Nervous System: A Pilot Study

Compression at myofascial trigger points (MTrPs), known as “ischemic compression,” has been reported to provide immediate relief of musculoskeletal pain and reduce the sympathetic activity that exacerbates chronic pain. We conducted a pilot study to investigate the possible involvement of the prefro...

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Autores principales: Morikawa, Yoshiki, Takamoto, Kouich, Nishimaru, Hiroshi, Taguchi, Toru, Urakawa, Susumu, Sakai, Shigekazu, Ono, Taketoshi, Nishijo, Hisao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5386976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28442987
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2017.00186