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Trigger Point Release

Trigger Point Release is a therapeutic technique in the category of manual therapy methods that involves the targeted deactivation of hyperirritable nodules within skeletal muscle fibers to alleviate localized pain and restore neuromuscular function.

115

Publications

5.4K

Citations

380

Authors

168

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

40

Variants

Myofascial Trigger Point Release

Parents

Publications

115

Botulinum toxin in the treatment of myofascial pain syndrome

William P. Cheshire, Sandra W. Abashian, Douglas J. Mann · Pain · 1994 · 340 citations

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Percutaneous release of the trigger finger: An office procedure

Deborah M. Eastwood, Karishma Gupta, DP Johnson · The Journal Of Hand Surgery · 1992 · 211 citations

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Treatment of trigger finger by steroid injection

Mary Lynn Newport, Lewis Lane, Steven A. Stuchin · The Journal Of Hand Surgery · 1990 · 193 citations · Full text

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Sexual Dysfunction in Men With Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: Improvement After Trigger Point Release and Paradoxical Relaxation Training

Rodney U. Anderson, David Wise, Timothy Sawyer et al. · The Journal of Urology · 2006 · 158 citations

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Evidence against Trigger Point Injection Technique for the Treatment of Cervicothoracic Myofascial Pain with Botulinum Toxin Type A

F. Michael Ferrante, Lisa Bearn, Robert J. Rothrock et al. · Anesthesiology · 2005 · 155 citations · Full text

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Authors

380

  1. FO
    Farshad Okhovatian

    Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran

    3 publications · 67 citations

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  2. SW
    Shaoling Wu

    Sun Yat-sen University, China

    3 publications · 148 citations

    3

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  3. AM
    Albert Moraska

    University of Colorado Denver, United States

    3 publications · 270 citations

    3

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  4. CC
    Catherine Curtin

    Stanford University, United States

    3 publications · 64 citations

    3

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  5. MT
    Maria T. Chao

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    2 publications · 59 citations

    2

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Institutions

168

  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    5 h-index

    20 publications

    901 citations

  2. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

    Tehran, Iran

    4 h-index

    19 publications

    611 citations

  3. Sun Yat-sen University

    Guangzhou, China

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    711 citations

  4. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. University of Colorado Denver

    Denver, United States

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    892 citations

  6. Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

    Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    160 citations

  7. Tufts University

    Medford, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    318 citations

  8. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    336 citations

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Venues

  1. The Journal Of Hand Surgery

    JHS · 9 publications · 808 citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 8 publications · 165 citations

    8

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  3. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

    6 publications · 298 citations

    6

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  4. Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)

    5 publications · 328 citations

    5

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  5. Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)

    4 publications · 122 citations

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