ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2017
Compression at Myofascial Trigger Point on Chronic Neck Pain Provides Pain Relief through the Prefrontal Cortex and Autonomic Nervous System: A Pilot Study.
Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06603168 (Autonomic Recalibration Approach to Myofascial Pain Elimination), which is not on this map. Cited by 30 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Autonomic Recalibration Approach to Myofascial Pain Elimination
Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.
- Is chronic neck pain related to scapular dyskinesia? A systematic review.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Massage for neck pain.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Concussion and the autonomic nervous system: An introduction to the field and the results of a systematic review.NeuroRehabilitation · 2018Pooled it
- Efficacy and cortical mechanisms of repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation in non-specific neck and low back pain: a prospective, two-center, randomized, sham-controlled fNIRS study.Journal of translational medicine · 2026Trial
- Rapid Improvement in Neck Disability, Mobility, and Sleep Quality with Chronic Neck Pain Treated by Fu's Subcutaneous Needling: A Randomized Control Study.Pain research & management · 2022Trial
- Investigation of Skin Circulation Hemodynamics Using Skin Laser Speckle Flowgraphy After Trapezius Muscle Self-Stretching.Muscles (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Investigation of Effects of Ultrasound Therapy on Trapezius Muscle Stiffness and Choroidal Blood Flow Velocity.Muscles (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Myofascial Pain Syndrome: An Update on Clinical Characteristics, Etiopathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment.Muscle & nerve · 2025Review
- Ultrasound-Guided Stellate Ganglion Block with Cervicotemporal Myofascial Trigger Point Acupuncture for Insomnia with Comorbid Anxiety and Depression: A Retrospective Observational Study.Nature and science of sleep · 2025Article
- Fu's Subcutaneous Needling treatment for migraine without aura: a randomized controlled trial protocol.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
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- Global trends and performances of infrared imaging technology studies on acupuncture: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Review
- Cluster Analysis of Subjective Shoulder Stiffness and Muscle Hardness: Associations with Central Sensitization-Related Symptoms.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Sensory and emotional responses to deep pressure stimulation at myofascial trigger points: a pilot study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Not just sensitization: sympathetic mechanisms contribute to expand experimental referred pain.The Korean journal of pain · 2022Article
- The Use of Orthostatic Device for 90 Minutes Does Not Change Cardiovascular and Biomechanical Parameters of Patients with Spinal Cord Injury.Applied bionics and biomechanics · 2022Article
- Dexmedetomidine inhibits abnormal muscle hypertrophy of myofascial trigger pointsFrontiers in pharmacology · 2022Article
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- Comparison of spinal column alignment and autonomic nervous activity using the intersegmental tenderness test in the segment above.Journal of physical therapy science · 2021Article
- Perceived Pain Responses to Foam Rolling Associate with Basal Heart Rate Variability.International journal of therapeutic massage & bodywork · 2021Article
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Abstract
Compression at myofascial trigger points (MTrPs), known as "ischemic compression," has been reported to provide immediate relief of musculoskeletal pain and reduce the sympathetic activity that exacerbates chronic pain. We conducted a pilot study to investigate the possible involvement of the prefrontal cortex in pain relief obtained by MTrP compression in the present study, and analyzed the relationships among prefrontal hemodynamic activity, activity of the autonomic nervous system, and subjective pain in patients with chronic neck pain, with and without MTrP compression. Twenty-one female subjects with chronic neck pain were randomly assigned to two groups: MTrP compression (
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