BACKGROUND Pain after breast cancer therapy is a recognized complication found to have an adverse impact on patient's quality of life, increasing psychosocial distress. In recent years, case reports about myofascial pain syndrome are emerging in thoracic surgery as a cause of postsurgery pain. Myofascial pain syndrome is a regional pain syndrome characterized by myofascial trigger points in pal...

introduction: myofascial pain dysfunction syndrome (mpds) is one of the most important causes of the orofacial pain. the main purpose of this study was to evaluate 40 related variables in this regard. materials and methods: thirty nine patients with mpds were evaluated in this study. different factors including age, gender, occupation, marital status, sensitivity of masticatory muscles, maximum...

Background: Tenderness, pain, muscle weakness, and limited range of motion (ROM) are symptoms of myofascial pain syndrome, which leads to restrictions on physical, occupational and social activities and ultimately reduction of productivity and quality of life. Different methods of rehabilitation are used to improve the symptoms of these patients. One of the new methods is the use of kinesio tap...

introduction: myofascial pain syndrome (mps) treatment is challenging with a high recurrence rate and still lacks a clear treatment frame. therefore research on new, more efficient and long lasting effect treatment modalities is necessary. this study looked at the effects of intravenous laser therapy (ivl) and percutaneous low level laser (plll) in the management of shoulder mps. methods: in th...

BACKGROUND Patients undergoing treatment for head and neck cancer may develop myofascial pain syndrome as sequelae. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence, risk factors, and quality of life (QOL) related to myofascial pain syndrome. METHODS This was a prospective study including patients with head and neck cancer with at least a 1-year disease-free interval. RESULTS One h...

Treatment of pain of urogenital origin, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, can be frustrating for patients and physicians. The usual approaches do not always produce the desired results. Visceral pain from pelvic organs and myofascial pain from muscle trigger points share common characteristics. Referred pain from myofascial trigger points can mimic visceral pain syndromes and visceral pain syndrome...

Introduction: Myofascial Pain Dysfunction Syndrome (MPDS) is one of the most important causes of the orofacial pain. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate 40 related variables in this regard. Materials and Methods: Thirty nine patients with MPDS were evaluated in this study. Different factors including age, gender, occupation, marital status, sensitivity of masticatory muscles, maxi...

Scalene myofascial pain syndrome is a regional pain syndrome wherein pain originates over the neck area and radiates down to the arm. This condition may present as primary or secondary to underlying cervical pathology. Although scalene myofascial pain syndrome is a well known medical entity, it is often misdiagnosed as being some other neck pain associated with radiculopathy, such as cervical d...