EFFECTS OF THE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINTS WITH TENSION HEADACHE (original) (raw)

The effects of electrical stimulation by simple pocket size stimulator were evaluated on myofascial trigger points by pain threshold (PTH) algometry. The study consisted 14 patients with 76 treated trigger points in randomly selected double blind cross-over study protocol. The effects of 30 seconds stimulation increased the PTH valuees 0.58 kg/cm2 in study group, but only 0.13kg/cma in controls (p<0.01). These results suggested that the stimulation had positive effects on myofascial trigger points, but these effects were seen only on the treated points.

Keywords: Electrical stimulation;myofascial pain;pain threshold;trigger point

Document Type: Research Article

Affiliations: 1: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kuopio University Central Hospital, SF-70210 Kuopio, Finland 2: Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Tampere, SF-30100 Tampere, SF-30100 Tampere, Finland

Publication date: 1992-01-01