SUPPLEMENTARY DOCUMENT
S.1. PubMed Search Strategy
("Myofascial Pain Syndromes"[Mesh:NoExp] OR myofascial trigger point*[Title/Abstract]
OR myofascial taut band*[Title/Abstract] OR "Trigger Points/diagnostic imaging"[Mesh:NoExp])
AND
(MRI[Title/Abstract] OR magnetic resonance imaging[Title/Abstract] OR CT[Title/Abstract]
OR computed tomograph*[Title/Abstract] OR ultrasound[Title/Abstract] OR ultrason*[Title/Abstract] OR sonoelastograph*[Title/Abstract] OR
elastograph*[Title/Abstract] OR sonograph*[Title/Abstract] OR sono- myograph*[Title/Abstract] OR myoelastograph*[Title/Abstract] OR
thermograph*[Title/Abstract] OR PET[Title/Abstract] OR positron emission
tomography[Title/Abstract] OR doppler[Title/Abstract] OR SPECT[Title/Abstract] OR single photon emission computerized tomography[Title/Abstract] OR single-photon emission computerized tomography[Title/Abstract])
Date: 01/11/2021 Filters:
Year: 2000-2021.
Language: English.
S.2. Supplementary Table - Overview of Studies and Their Methods
Ultrasound Studies (N = 23)
Technique N Study References
B-mode only 9 10, 19, 35, 36, 41, 43, 44, 61, 62 Vibration Sonoelastography 6 9, 28, 29, 33, 34, 39
Shear-wave Elastography 2 37, 38
Compression Sonoelastography 2 40, 42
Doppler 3 21, 28, 29
Other 3 30, 31, 32
Thermography Studies (N = 7)
Technique N Study References
Infrared Thermography 7 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 63
MRI Studies (N = 4)
Technique N Study References
MR Elastography 2 7, 51
Conventional MRI 2 22, 50
