Comparison of lidocaine injection, botulinum toxin injection, and dry needling to trigger points in myofascial pain syndrome

Abstract

Injection is more practical and rapid, since it causes less disturbance than dry needling and is more cost effective than BTX-A injection, and seems the treatment of choice in MPS. On the other hand, BTX-A could be selectively used in MPS patients resistant to conventional treatments.

Proteomic changes in rat thyroarytenoid muscle induced by botulinum neurotoxin injection

“…Seven BoNT serotypes are known to exist (A-G), all of which are produced by strains of the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. BoNT causes the paralytic syndrome botulism, but also holds therapeutic application in the treatment of dystonias [3][4][5][6], spasticity [7,8], facial rhytides [9], axillary hyperhidrosis [10,11], and some pain syndromes [12,13].…”

Effectiveness of Dry Needling for Upper-Quarter Myofascial Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

“…41 A hand search of that review produced 2 articles that met our inclusion criteria that were not previously identified with our electronic search. All other key references, 1,4,9,15,17,[20][21][22][23]26,43 as well as 1 other systematic review 8 on the topic, were hand searched but did not yield any additional articles. One article 39 published online (ahead of print) in November 2012 was added to the review.…”

Síndrome de dolor miofascial del suelo pélvico: una patología urológica muy frecuente

“…En un estudio comparativo a simple ciego entre la lidocaína, toxina botulínica y aguja seca para la inactivació n de los PG Kamanli et al, en 29 pacientes con dolor miofascial, demostraron que la infiltració n con lidocaína era má s rá pida, efectiva y causaba menos molestias que la aguja seca, ademá s de tener un mejor coste beneficio que la toxina botulínica 43 . Por otro lado, Langford et al utilizaron una combinació n para infiltraciones de lidocaína, bupivacaína y triancionolona con el fin de tratar PG del mú sculo elevador del ano en 18 mujeres.…”