Shear-Wave Elastography Supports That Muscle Stiffness Should Not Be Considered a Criterion to Determine the Presence of Myofascial Trigger Points in the Infraspinatus Muscle
Although pain pressure threshold scores indicated significant differences in hyperirritability between latent myofascial trigger points and control points, shear-wave elastography measurements revealed no significant differences in muscle stiffness. Furthermore, muscle stiffness was significantly associated with greater pain pressure threshold scores, challenging the hypothesis that stiffer areas can be identified as myofascial trigger points or sources of pain.
Authors
- Sebastian Klich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8182-2975)
- Ricardo Ortega‐Santiago (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3271-5767)
- Mateusz D. Kobylarz
- Juan Antonio Valera‐Calero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3379-8392)
- Sandra Sánchez-Jorge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6509-3322)
- Jorge Buffet‐García (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4522-8167)
Institutions
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
- Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (ES)
- Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (ES)
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos (ES)
- Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Published
- 2025-04-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/phm.0000000000002721
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.15