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Travell, Simons and Cargo Cult Science

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item type
article on a website
author
Fred Wolfe
link
http://www.fmperplex.com/2013/02/14/travell-simons-and-cargo-cult-scie [snip!]
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journal
FMperplex.com
year
2013
month
Feb 19

PainSci notes

An informal survey of the poor state of trigger point science from an articulate expert, Fred Wolfe, a rheumatologist. Dr. Wolfe gives his first-hand account of the first trigger point diagnosis reliability study in 1992 (see Wolfe), and he tells the story of meeting Dr. Janet Travell and observing her unscientific conduct with a patient.

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“The fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndromes: a preliminary study of tender points and trigger points in persons with fibromyalgia, myofascial pain syndrome and no disease,” Wolfe et al, Journal of Rheumatology, 1992.

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