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  2. Myofascial trigger point - Wikipedia

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    Activation of trigger points may be caused by a number of factors, including acute or chronic muscle overload, activation by other trigger points (key/satellite, primary/secondary), disease, psychological distress (via systemic inflammation), homeostatic imbalances, direct trauma to the region, collision trauma (such as a car crash which stresses many muscles and causes instant trigger points ...

  3. Taut band movement - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 18 June 2018, at 15:36 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may ...

  4. Myofascial pain syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS), also known as chronic myofascial pain (CMP), is a syndrome characterized by chronic pain in multiple myofascial trigger points ("knots") and fascial (connective tissue) constrictions.

  5. Brave New Words - Wikipedia

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    The vocabulary includes words used in science fiction books, TV and film. A second category rises from discussion and criticism of science fiction, and a third category comes from the subculture of fandom. It describes itself as "the first historical dictionary devoted to science fiction", tracing how science fiction terms have developed over time.

  6. Definitions of science fiction - Wikipedia

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    "A science fiction story is a story built around human beings, with a human problem, and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without its scientific content." [13] Basil Davenport. 1955. "Science fiction is fiction based upon some imagined development of science, or upon the extrapolation of a tendency in society." [14] Edmund ...

  7. Taut - Wikipedia

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    TAUT, an acronym, may refer to: Tramways and Urban Transit , a monthly magazine published in the UK The complement of the SAT -problem; testing if a formula is a tautology , known to be co-NP -complete.

  8. Variometer - Wikipedia

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    Common types of variometers include those based on a diaphragm, a vane (horn), a taut band, or are electric based. The vane variometer consists of a rotating vane, centered by a coil spring, dividing a chamber into two parts, one connected to a static port, and the other to an expansion chamber.

  9. Suspended animation in fiction - Wikipedia

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    This process is commonly employed as a plot device in science fiction narratives. It is frequently utilized to transport a character from the past to the future (a form of forward-only time travel) or to facilitate interstellar space travel, which necessitates an extended journey for months or years (referring to space travel in fiction). In ...