Definition: Muscular pain in numerous body regions that can be reproduced by pressure on TRIGGER POINTS, localized hardenings in skeletal muscle tissue. Pain is referred to a location distant from the trigger points. A prime example is the TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME.
do not confuse with MYOFASCIAL PAIN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME, TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT see TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME; for myofasciaI trigger point injections coordinate, MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES/ drug ther with TRIGGER POINTS + INJECTIONS
ExamplesTemporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome
Other names Pain Syndromes, Myofascial; Pain Syndrome, Myofascial; Myofascial Pain Syndrome; Trigger Point Pain, Myofascial; Myofascial Trigger Point Pain; Syndromes, Myofascial Pain; Syndrome, Myofascial Pain
