Myofascial Trigger Points and Migraine-related Disability in Women With Episodic and Chronic Migraine

Conclusions: Women with episodic and chronic migraine had a similar number of TrPs. TrPs may be considered a trigger factor that can facilitate the onset of migraine or also can potentially be a promoting factor for pain once the migraine attack has started and hence may contribute to related disability. Nevertheless, we observed that the number of TrPs in the head and neck-shoulder muscles in an interictal state was not associated with the degree of migraine-related disability, suggesting a multifactorial nature of self-perceived disability in this population.
Source: The Clinical Journal of Pain - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research