Procedure
twitch, tenderness, MPS, pain
MINOR, THORACIC MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROME
A single blinded, randomized clinical trial was used in this investigation, which was lasted for ten months. In this study, 30 patients with thoracic myofascial pain syndrome were selected after meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria. According to inclusion criteria, participants were included on the basis of diagnostic criteria explained by Simon and Travell et al. for MPS: the existence of five major (regional and spontaneous pain, palpable taut band, tenderness over the taut band, referred pain, decreased range of motion) and at least one out of three minor signs (pain on pressure, local twitch response, decrease in pain) [