Endometriosis and Abdominal Myofascial Pain in Adults and Adolescents

Endometriosis and myofascial pain are common disorders with significant impact on quality of life. Increasingly, these conditions are being recognized as highly interconnected through processes that have been described for more than a century. This review is directed to this interconnection through...

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Published in:Current pain and headache reports 2011-10, Vol.15 (5), p.368-376
Main Author: Jarrell, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abdominal Pain - complications
Abdominal Pain - diagnosis
Abdominal Pain - therapy
Adolescent
Adult
Endometriosis - complications
Endometriosis - diagnosis
Endometriosis - therapy
Female
Humans
Internal Medicine
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Myofascial Pain Syndromes - complications
Myofascial Pain Syndromes - diagnosis
Myofascial Pain Syndromes - therapy
Pain
Pain Medicine
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Summary:Endometriosis and myofascial pain are common disorders with significant impact on quality of life. Increasingly, these conditions are being recognized as highly interconnected through processes that have been described for more than a century. This review is directed to this interconnection through a description of the relationships of endometriosis to proposed mechanisms of pain and chronic pain physiology; the clinical assessment of myofascial representations of this pain; and an approach to the management of these interconnected disorders.
ISSN:1531-3433
1534-3081
DOI:10.1007/s11916-011-0218-y