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tender points [2 records]

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Record 1 1994-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
CONT

Fibromyalgia syndrome (sometimes referred to as fibrositis) can produce generalized arthralgias, myalgias, abdominal pain, headaches, and chronic fatigue... Although joint symptoms can be prominent in the history, the physical examination uncovers no arthritis, but discrete ... areas of tenderness (tender points) are found variously in the supraclavicular, suprascapular, infrascapular, and paravertebral regions.

CONT

FIBROSITIS - This term has been applied to a symptom complex that is characterized by pain and stiffness in varying areas, most commonly in the neck, shoulder, girdle, and posterior aspects of the trunk... Localized areas of tenderness, commonly in the paravertebral areas medial to the scapula, have been termed tender or "trigger points".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

Strictement normal sauf pour la présence d'une sensibilité significative à la palpation de nombreux kystes musculaires appelés points de fibromyalgie.

Spanish

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Record 2 1990-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Various points in the course of a nerve, pressure upon which is painful in cases of neuralgia; these points are: 1) where the nerve emerges from the bony canal; (2) where it pierces a muscle or aponeurosis to reach the skin; (3) where a superficial nerve rests upon a resisting surface where compression is easily made; (4) where the nerve gives off one or more branches; and (5) where the nerve terminates in the skin.

Key term(s)
  • Valleix's point
  • painful point
  • tender point
  • Beard-Valleix point

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Points dont la pression déclenche au cours d'une névralgie, une exacerbation de la douleur, et qui sont situés aux endroits où un filet du nerf traverse une aponévrose avant de devenir sous-cutané, où un nerf sort d'un conduit osseux, où un nerf vient en contact direct avec une surface osseuse contre laquelle il peut être comprimé.

Key term(s)
  • point de Valleix
  • point de Beard-Valleix
  • point douloureux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
Key term(s)
  • punto doloroso
  • punto de Valleix
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