Surgery – Miscellaneous – Methods
Patent
1993-10-14
1996-05-07
Kamm, William E.
Surgery
Miscellaneous
Methods
A61B 1900
Patent
active
055136613
ABSTRACT:
Methods are provided for intramuscular needle diagnosis and treatment of muscle pain that is believed to be the result of sympathetically mediated spindle spasm. Two simultaneous needle EMG needle recordings are used to establish the presence of and magnitude of the "trigger points" in painful muscle. The abnormal muscle activity so identified can then be treated by blocking the sympathetic activation muscle blocker or other agent that would have the same effect of inhibiting the abnormal muscle activity.
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Kamm William E.
Lacyk J. P.
Rae-Venter Barbara
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