ArticleThe Korean journal of pain2016
Effects of Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation Using Inversely Placed Electrodes on Myofascial Pain Syndrome in the Shoulder: A Case Series.
Article in The Korean journal of pain, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06604962 (Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation Using Inverse Electrodes Placement on Electromyographic Activity and Pressure Pain Threshold in the Upper Trapezius With Trigger Points - A Randomized Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.
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Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation Using Inverse Electrodes Placement on Electromyographic Activity and Pressure Pain Threshold in the Upper Trapezius With Trigger Points - A Randomized Controlled Trial
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Appropriate needle insertion depth for trigger point injections of the parascapular region.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of intramuscular electrical stimulation using conventional and inverse electrode placement methods on pressure pain threshold and electromyographic activity of the upper trapezius muscle with myofascial trigger points: a randomized clinical trial.The Korean journal of pain · 2025Article
- Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation Combined with Therapeutic Exercises in Patients with Shoulder Adhesive Capsulitis: A Randomised Controlled Trial.International journal of surgery protocols · 2021Article
- Optimal Cut-Off Value of the Coracohumeral Ligament Area as a Morphological Parameter to Confirm Frozen Shoulder.Journal of Korean medical science · 2020Article
- Immediate Effects of Paraspinal Dry Needling in Patients with Acute Facet Joint Lock Induced Wry Neck.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2017Article
- Inverse Electrode Placement May Help to Improve Electrotherapeutic Effects in the Field of Chronic Pain Management.The Korean journal of pain · 2016Article
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Abstract
Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is one of the common musculoskeletal conditions of the shoulder which may develop sensory-motor and autonomic dysfunctions at the various level of the neuromuscular system. The pain and dysfunction caused by MPS were primarily treated with physical therapy and pharmacological agents in order to achieve painfree movements. However, in recent years intramuscular electrical stimulation (IMES) with conventional electrode placement was used by researchers to maximise therapeutic values. But, in this study an inverse electrode placement was used to deliver electrical impulses intramuscularly to achieve neuro-modulation at the various level of the nervous system. Nine patients with MPS were treated with intramuscular electrode stimulation using inversely placed electrodes for a period of three weeks. All nine subjects recovered from their shoulder pain and disability within the few weeks of intervention. So, this inverse electrode placement may be more appropriate for chronic pain management.
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