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Muscle Pain Conditions

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Muscle pain is common but its causes are not always clear. Treatment principles for muscle pain from direct injury are well established. This chapter summarizes etiology, diagnosis and treatment for other common painful muscle conditions, with an emphasis on myofascial pain.

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  1. Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

    Nathan J. Rudin

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA

    Alaa Abd-Elsayed

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Rudin, N.J. (2019). Muscle Pain Conditions. In: Abd-Elsayed, A. (eds) Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99124-5_149

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