Spontaneous electrical activities at myofascial trigger points at different stages of recovery from injury in a rat model

• Published in: Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 319 - 324
• Main Authors: Huang, Qiang-Min, Lv, Jiao-Jiao, Ruanshi, Qiong-Mei, Liu, Lin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Sage Publications Ltd 01.08.2015; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Animals; Disease Models, Animal; Electromyography; Humans; Male; Muscle, Skeletal - chemistry; Muscle, Skeletal - injuries; Muscle, Skeletal - physiopathology; Myofascial Pain Syndromes - physiopathology; Original Paper; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Recovery of Function; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; PAIN RESEARCH

BackgroundSpontaneous electrical activity (SEA) is a feature of myofascial trigger points (MTrPs), which can either be latent or active. However, SEA at different stages of recovery from MTrPs remains unclear.ObjectiveTo investigate the temporal changes in the nature of SEA after generation of MTrPs...