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Clinical testing remains of minimal value in diagnosis of the HAS. There are no studies available that examine the sensitivity and specificity of the following tests, so relative value is difficult....
According to Loder and Rizzoli, muscle tenderness is the most common physical finding in ETTH (4). Jensen et al. in two separate studies demonstrated that increased pericranial tenderness on....
Friedman has published a series of articles supporting an inflammation hypothesis as a mediator of headache by reporting tenderness and increased temperature in the apical area of the maxillary third....
Pain is present on palpation of the area around the medial calcaneal tuberosity at the plantar aponeurosis (1;2).
The presence of a trigger point is determined by the presence of a tender nodule in a palpable taut band of muscle that duplicates the patient’s pain on compression, often resulting in the “jump....
Digital pressures utilized have been described as 1 pound for intra-oral palpation and 2 pounds for extra-oral sites (8). The physician should be aware studies have shown only moderate....
Pressure algometry has been found to be effective in identifying tenderness in TMD patients in several studies. In one study of 99 patients the symptomatic group had lower pressure pain....
Although not strictly a diagnostic tool, pressure algometry has demonstrated the ability to quantify pressure thresholds and can be used to measure improvement. Several authors have reported good to....
Two studies have examined pressure pain threshold with opposite conclusions. One study of 45 patients found a high correlation between pressure pain threshold and Mill’s test (8). A second study....
Tenderness to palpation a fingerbreadth distal to the lateral epicondyle is often the first diagnostic test performed in the physician’s office. Although accepted as a reliable and valid procedure,....