Multi-Acupuncture Point Injections and Their Anatomical Study in Relation to Neck and Shoulder Pain Syndrome (So-Called Katakori) in Japan.

Katakori is a symptom name that is unique to Japan, and refers to myofascial pain syndrome-like clinical signs in the shoulder girdle. Various methods of pain relief for katakori have been reported, but in the present study, we examined the clinical effects of multi-acupuncture point injections (MAP...

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Main Authors: Hayato Terayama, Hajime Yamazaki, Teruhisa Kanazawa, Kaori Suyama, Osamu Tanaka, Makoto Sawada, Miho Ito, Kenji Ito, Tadashi Akamatsu, Ritsuko Masuda, Toshiyasu Suzuki, Kou Sakabe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4457803?pdf=render