Botulinum toxin type a injections for cervical and shoulder girdle myofascial pain using an enriched protocol design.

CONCLUSION: BoNT-A injected directly into painful muscle groups improves average pain scores and certain aspects of quality of life in patients experiencing severe cervical and shoulder girdle myofascial pain. PMID: 24842179 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24842179?dopt=Abstract

Source: Anesthesia and Analgesia - May 23, 2014 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Nicol AL, Wu II, Ferrante FM Tags: Anesth Analg Source Type: research