Pregabalin Treatment for Trigger Points

Summary

Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is a common problem in the general population. MPS should not be a local/peripheral painful syndrome and considered to be a syndrome of central sensitivity. We aimed to investigate the effect of pregabalin in patients with MPS in this study

Timeline

Start

2014-04-26

Primary completion

2014-07-26

Completion

2015-01-26

Publications

• Karamanlioglu DS, Geler Kulcu D, Ozturk G, Akpinar P, Unlu Ozkan F, Aktas I. Effectiveness of pregabalin treatment for trigger points in patients with comorbid myofascial pain syndrome and fibromyalgia syndrome: a randomized controlled trial. Somatosens Mot Res. 2021 Dec;38(4):327-332. doi: 10.1080/08990220.2021.1977265. Epub 2021 Sep 20.

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