Trial reportScientific reports2019
Myofascial trigger points alter the modular control during the execution of a reaching task: a pilot study.
Trial report in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Targeted cryostimulation of myofascial trigger points modulates exercise-induced physiological tremor in adolescent swimmers: a randomized counterbalanced crossover trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Diagnostic Utility of Surface Electromyography for Identifying Muscles Affected by Myofascial Trigger Points: A Scoping Review.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Baseline EMG alters muscle synergy activations while preserving spatial structure in healthy and post-stroke subjects.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Shoulder kinematic and muscle recruitment pattern changes in upper trapezius myofascial trigger points: a controlled observational study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Observational
- Radial, Median and Ulnar Nerve Flossing as Essential Preparatory Treatment for Baseball Pitchers in the Prevention of Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injury: A Clinical Suggestion.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2025Article
- Prevalence of Myofascial Trigger Points in Isolated Idiopathic Cervical Dystonia: A Possible Contributor to Pain, Movement and Disability.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2024Article
- [Feeling stiff…but what does it mean objectively? : Can you measure muscle tension?]Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2022Review
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Myofascial trigger points (TP) constitute a conundrum in research and clinical practice as their etiopathogenesis is debated. Several studies investigating one or few muscles have shown that both active and latent TP causes an increased muscle activity, however the influence of TP on modular motor control during a reaching task is still unclear. Electromyographic signals, recorded from the muscles of the shoulder girdle and upper arm during a reaching task, were decomposed with Non-Negative Matrix Factorization algorithm. The extracted matrices of motor modules and activation signals were used to label the muscles condition as dominant or non-dominant. The presence of latent and active TP was detected in each muscle with manual examination. Despite a similar muscle activity was observed, we found that muscles with active TP had increased weighting coefficients when labeled in the dominant condition. No influences were found when muscles were in the non-dominant condition. These findings suggest that TP altered the motor control without co-contraction patterns. As a preliminary evidence, the present results suggest that the increased weighting coefficients in presence of TPs are associated with an alteration of the modular motor control without affecting the dimensionality of motor modules for each individual and reciprocal inhibition.
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