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Myofascial Pain Syndrome
Condition / disease reference page from the Everyone Healthy database.
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Linked signs and symptoms
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Linked drugs / medications
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Treatments, therapies and supportive options
19Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Medical therapy
3Lifestyle changes
2Behavioural changes
2Alternative and complementary therapies
6Alternative therapies
2Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
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Biological and test markers
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Often increased
2Often decreased
1Other associated markers
0No markers in this group.
Introduction / full article
Myofascial Pain Syndrome
Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:
Transcutaneous Electrical Neuromuscular Stimulation:
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with some of the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.
Recommendation: no recommendation(There is not enough evidence supporting the role of TENS in chronic pain therapy)
Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence
Osteopathy:
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.
Recommendation: no recommendation (Available scientific evidence does not support Osteopathy as helpful alone in chronic pain)
Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence
Neural Therapy:
Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It may mildly help with the symptoms, and even then has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present.
Recommendation: no recommendation (no reliable clinical studies have been done to support Neural Therapies role in reducing chronic pain)
Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence
Magnetic Therapy:
Recommendation: no recommendation (Clinical trials regarding Magnetic Therapy treating back pain have yielded mixed results)
Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence
Low-Level Laser Therapy:
Recommendation: no recommendation (Studies reporting the effects of low level laser therapy on back pain have shown mixed results)
Grade of Evidence: very low quality of evidence
Chiropractic:
Recommendation: weakly in favor (many studies have shown that Chiropractic is effective in treating back pain)
Grade of Evidence: moderate quality of evidence
Acupuncture:
Recommendation: weakly in favor (There is some evidence that suggest that Acupuncture may decrease the need for pain medication)
Grade of Evidence: low quality of evidence
* www.gradeworkinggroup.org