December 2009

Volume 27

Issue 4

Acupuncture in Medicine is a quarterly scientific and clinical journal aimed at Western-trained physicians and other health professionals, and uses the prevailing understanding of neurophysiology and anatomy to interpret the effects of acupuncture. The Journal largely restricts its published articles to this western approach. Clinical reports of the effects of traditional acupuncture will be considered, and theoretical aspects that are evidence-based.

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Increased H-reflex response induced by intramuscular electrical stimulation of latent myofascial trigger points

Background: Myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) present with mechanical hyperalgesia and allodynia. No electrophysiological evidence exists as to the excitability of muscle spindle afferents at myofascial trigger points...

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