Characteristics of Spontaneous Electrical Activities at the Trigger Point in a Chronic Shoulder Pain Patient-A Case of Trigger Point on Trapezuis Muscle-
10.3777/jjsam.54.97
- VernacularTitle:肩こり患者のトリガーポイントから記録された自発放電活動について―僧帽筋にトリガーポイントが存在した１症例―
- Author:
Kazunori ITOH
;
Hirosi KITAKOJI
;
Kenji KAWAKITA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
chronic shoulder stiffness;
trigger point;
spontaneous electrical activities
- From:Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
2004;54(1):97-101
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
[Purpose] The characteristic of electrical activities recorded at the clinical trigger point was examined.
[Materials] A 26-year-old woman complained of chronic shoulder pain. She had a trigger point near GB 21 (Jianjing, Kensei). The electrical activities were recorded at the trigger point and a non- tender point.
[Results] Electrical activities were detected only when the electrode was located on the trigger point andthere was a subjective dull pain sensation. The amplitudes of electrical activities did not change during psychological stress. [ Conclusion ] These results suggest that the electrical activities were the result of nociceptive reflex.
