Trigger Points and Contracture/Contraction Knots: What’s in a Name? Reply to Dommerholt, J.; Gerwin, R.D. Contracture Knots vs. Trigger Points. Comment on “Ball et al. Ultrasound Confirmation of the Multiple Loci Hypothesis of the Myofascial Trigger Point and the Diagnostic Importance of Specificity in the Elicitation of the Local Twitch Response. <i>Diagnostics</i> 2022, <i>12</i>, 321”

Trigger Points and Contracture/Contraction Knots: What’s in a Name? Reply to Dommerholt, J.; Gerwin, R.D. Contracture Knots vs. Trigger Points. Comment on “Ball et al. Ultrasound Confirmation of the Multiple Loci Hypothesis of the Myofascial Trigger Point and the Diagnostic Importance of Specificity in the Elicitation of the Local Twitch Response. <i>Diagnostics</i> 2022, <i>12</i>, 321”

We are responding to the comment by Dommerholt and Gerwin that we have reverse-defined “myofascial trigger point” (MTrP) and “contracture/contraction knot.” In attempting to maintain philosophical agreement with specific and implied aspects of their integrated hypothesis of trigger-point formation (...

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Main Authors: Andrew Ball, Thomas Perreault, César Fernández-de-las-Peñas, Michael Agnone, Jordan Spennato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Series:Diagnostics
Subjects:
trigger point
contracture knot
contraction knot
ultrasound
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/12/10/2366

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