Trigger points in myofascial pain syndrome

Patients with myofascial pain syndrome have tenderness within the affected muscle and soft tissue. Trigger points arising in the erector spinae muscles, the gluteal fascia, and the presacral fascia are common.

Reproduced with permission from: Sheon RP, Moskowitz RW, Goldberg VM. Soft Tissue Rheumatic Pain: Recognition, Management, Prevention, 3rd, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore 1996.

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