The ‘trigger point debate’ continued: Quintner et al’s response to rebuttal of their paper

In December 2014, Quintner, Bove & Cohen published an article that critiqued the theories and practices that surround assessment and treatment of myofascial trigger points, and their reported symptoms (e.g. myofascial pain)

In the April 2015 issue  of The Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies a rebuttal of that article (by Dommerholt and Gerwin) will be published.

This is available as an open access paper (for six months) from:

http://www.bodyworkmovementtherapies.com/article/S1360-8592(15)00046-7/fulltext

Today, Elsevier have agreed to Open Access for six months for  a Letter to the Editor of JBMT, that responds to that rebuttal, and which will be published in JBMT in its’ July 2015 issue.

This is available on JBMTs website:

http://www.bodyworkmovementtherapies.com/article/S1360-8592(15)00054-6/fulltext

Earlier posts on this topic include:

https://leonchaitow.com/2015/02/10/a-critical-evaluation-of-quintner-et-al-missing-the-point-open-access/

REFERENCES

Dommerholt, J. and Gerwin, R.D. A Critical Evaluation of Quintner et al: Missing the Point. Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies. 2015;DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2015.01.009

Quintner, J.L., Bove, G.M., and Cohen, M.L. A critical evaluation of the trigger point phenomenon. Rheumatology.2015; 54: 392–399