Abstract
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Summarize the characteristics and diagnostic abilities of ultrasonography for MTrP and the twitch response.
Identify an objective confirmatory diagnosis with ultrasound based on a patient’s subjective pain symptoms.
Recognize best practices regarding patient positioning, transducer selection, probe orientation, equipment system settings, and optimizing images.
The most commonly studied muscle in MTrPs are Rhomboid muscle Levator scapulae muscle Trapezius muscle Quadratus Lumborum muscle
Myofascial pain syndrome affects up to ______ percent of the population.
25% 50% 75% 85%
The palpation pressure within the recommended range is
0.2-0.4 kg 0.4-0.8 kg 0.8-1.2 kg 1.2-1.8 kg
The MTrPs should be identified as nodules of which size?
0.05-0.5 cm2 0.01-1.0 cm2 0.05-0.21 cm2 0.04-0.4 cms
The MTrPs should be identified as nodules of which echogenicity?
Hyperechoic Isoechoic Hypoechoic Heterogenous hypoechoic
Myofascial pain is commonly resultant of, or at least corelated with,
Muscle origin Muscle insertion Joint problems ligaments
Recommended transducer selection is of which MHz?
5-10 MHz 2-20 MHz 5-14 MHz 3.5-5 MHz
It Is recommended that an investigator should perform _________ MTrPs examinations Contraction Non-contracted Contracted and non-contracted Standing
Clinically, MTrPs are _____ hyper-irritated hard nodules in subjectively palpable stretched muscle fibers. 3-5 mm 1-4 mm 4-6 mm 2-5 mm
The active form of MTrPs Can cause un-induced referred and/or familiar pain Can cause induced referred and/or unfamiliar pain Can cause un-induced referred and/or unfamiliar pain Can cause induced referred and familiar pain.