Injecction of trigger points in the temporal muscles of patients with miofascial syndrome

The aim was to examine the effect of blocking trigger points in the temporal muscles of patients with masticatory myofascial pain syndrome, fibromyalgia and headache. Seventy patients with one trigger point were randomly divided into 3 groups: injection with saline or anesthetic and non-injected (co...

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Published in:	Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria Vol. 73; no. 10; pp. 861 - 866
Main Authors:	Sabatke, Svetlana, Scola, Rosana Herminia, Paiva, Eduardo S, Kowacs, Pedro André
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Brazil Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO 01-10-2015 Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
Subjects:	Adult Aged Anesthetics, Local - administration & dosage cefaléia Double-Blind Method Female fibromialgia Fibromyalgia - drug therapy Headache Disorders - drug therapy Humans Injections, Intramuscular - methods Middle Aged Myofascial Pain Syndromes - drug therapy NEUROSCIENCES Pain Measurement ponto-gatilho PSYCHIATRY Statistics, Nonparametric síndrome da dor miofascial Temporal Muscle - drug effects Treatment Outcome Trigger Points fibromialgia cefaléia ponto-gatilho fibromyalgia síndrome da dor miofascial myofascial pain syndrome headache trigger point infiltration
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Summary:	The aim was to examine the effect of blocking trigger points in the temporal muscles of patients with masticatory myofascial pain syndrome, fibromyalgia and headache. Seventy patients with one trigger point were randomly divided into 3 groups: injection with saline or anesthetic and non-injected (control). Pain was reduced in 87.71% patients injected with saline and 100% injected with anesthetic. Similar results were obtained for headache frequency. With regard to headache intensity, the injection groups differed from the control group, but not between themselves. Treatment with injection at trigger points decreased facial pain and frequency and intensity of headache. Considering the injected substance there was no difference.
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ISSN:	0004-282X 1678-4227 1678-4227 0004-282X
DOI:	10.1590/0004-282X20150135