Table 4.
Top 10 most cited references.
| Rank | Cited reference | Citation | Year | Journal | First author |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lidocaine injection versus dry needling to myofascial trigger point. The importance of the local twitch response | 136 | 1994 | Am J Phys Med Rehab | Hong CZ |
| 2 | Interrater reliability in myofascial trigger point examination | 127 | 1997 | Pain | Gerwin RD |
| 3 | The American College of Rheumatology 1990 Criteria for the Classification of Fibromyalgia. Report of the Multicenter Criteria Committee | 111 | 1990 | Arthritis Rheum-US | Wolfe F |
| 4 | Mochemicals associated with pain and inflammation are elevated in sites near to and remote from active myofascial trigger points | 106 | 2008 | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Shah JP |
| 5 | Myofascial trigger points in intercostal muscles secondary to herpes zoster infection of the intercostal nerve | 105 | 1998 | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Hong CZ |
| 6 | prevalence of myofascial pain in general internal medicine practice | 96 | 1989 | Western Journal of Medicine | Skootsky SA |
| 7 | An in vivo microanalytical technique for measuring the local biochemical milieu of human skeletal muscle | 94 | 2005 | Journal of Applied Physiology | Shah JP |
| 8 | Needling therapies in the management of myofascial trigger point pain: A systematic review | 93 | 2001 | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | Cummings TM |
| 9 | Myofascial trigger points show spontaneous needle EMG activity | 93 | 1993 | Spine | Hubbard DR |
| 10 | Review of enigmatic MTrPs as a common cause of enigmatic musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction | 85 | 2004 | Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology | Simons DG |