DeCS

Descriptor English:

Trigger Points

Descriptor Spanish:

Puntos Disparadores

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	puntos gatillo
Scope note:	Puntos discretos en las bandas oscuras de los músculos que cuando se comprimen las bandas musculares provocan dolor local y reflejo.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Pontos-Gatilho

Descriptor French:

Points de déclenchement

Entry term(s):

Points détente
Points gâchette
Zone de déclenchement
Zone détente
Zone gâchette

Tree number(s):

A01.947

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D061028

Scope note:

Discrete spots in taut bands of muscle that produce local and referred pain when muscle bands are compressed.

Annotation:

for trigger point injections, coordinate with INJECTIONS or specifics

Allowable Qualifiers:

AB malformations
AH anatomie et histologie
BS vascularisation
DG imagerie diagnostique
EM embryologie
GD croissance et développement
IN traumatismes
IR innervation
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PP physiopathologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
SU chirurgie
VI virologie