Table 5 Number of studies describing treatment per condition per region (percent of total)

myofascial trigger points

29 (43.28)

10 (31.25)

myofascial pain

14 (20.9)

3 (9.37)

neck pain

10 (14.93)

(3.12)

cervicogenic headache (HA)

3 (4.48)

tension-type HA

1 (1.49)

HA (type not specified)

1 (1.49)

occipital neuralgia

1 (1.49)

dizziness

1 (1.49)

wry neck

1 (1.49)

chronic whiplash associated disorder

1 (1.49)

cervical radiculopathy

1 (1.49)

reduced cervical mobility

1 (1.49)

shoulder pain

1 (1.49)

back pain

1 (1.49)

muscle pain

1 (1.49)

chronic low back pain (LBP)

6 (18.75)

mechanical LBP

3 (9.37)

thoracic pain

2 (6.25)

discogenic LBP with radiation

1 (3.12)

lumbar herniated disc

1 (3.12)

posterior thigh pain

1 (3.12)

lumbar spinal stenosis

1 (3.12)

sacroiliac and lumbar pain

1 (3.12)

ankylosing spondylitis

1 (3.12)

fibromyalgia

1 (3.12)

Total conditions treated

67

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