Sentence examples for point examinations from inspiring English sources

History and physical examinations, tender point examinations, and questionnaires were used to identify 14 fibromyalgia, 10 chronic low back pain and 6 normal control subjects.

Subjects participated in a 1/2 day protocol that involved confirmatory history and physical examination, questionnaires, tender point examinations, and lumbar puncture.

For example, four rheumatologists, including Bennett and myself, and four experts on MFP syndrome performed trigger point and tender point examinations on three groups of subjects (seven patients with FM, eight patients with MFP, and eight healthy persons) while blinded as regards diagnosis [ 14].

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Afterwards, a rehabilitation doctor (OKJ) recorded their symptoms and performed a low back examination including measurement of forward flexion, side-flexion and tender point examination.

Tender point examination was carried out by the exertion of a uniform amount of manual finger pressure, until fingernail bed blanches.

When WSP is present, a tender point examination will follow in order to determine if hyperalgesia exist and herby the ACR criteria of FMS are fulfilled.

As far as medical specialization in family medicine is concerned, there are vocational training programmes organised in all the countries, with a formal end point examination.

A digital tender point examination, at the 18 sites specified in the American College of Rheumatology FM classification criteria [ 13], was completed at baseline and after the intervention.

It is worth noting that the modified preliminary diagnostic ACR criteria published in 2010, does not include a mandatory tender point examination to reach a diagnosis [ 4].

The manual trigger point examination (in this case by an observer blinded to the treatment) has been historically considered a key feature in the definition of fibromyalgia 6.