Application of ultrasound-guided trigger point injection for myofascial trigger points in the subscapularis and pectoralis muscles to post-mastectomy patients: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate the therapeutic effectiveness of ultrasound (US)-guided trigger point injection for myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) in the internal rotator muscles of the shoulder in post-mastectomy patients.

Materials and methods

This pilot study was a non-controlled, prospective, clinical trial. Nineteen post-mastectomy patients with a diagnosis of at least one active MTrP in the subscapularis and/or pectoralis muscles were included. We performed trigger point injections into the subscapularis muscle deep behind the scapula as well as the pectoralis muscle for diagnostic and therapeutic purpose by the newly developed US-guided method.

Results

Visual analogue scale and range of motion of the shoulder for external rotation and of abduction showed significant

SUBMITTER: Shin HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3990076 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature