Effects of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy and Low Level Laser Therapy in Myofascial Pain Syndrome

shock wave therapy once a week for three weeks, total of 1000 shock waves for each treatment at the frequency of 10Hz, with 2 Bar pressure and energy flux density (EFD) of 0.25 mJ/mm2 per minute using a BTL-6000 SWT Topline Power® device

LLLT once a day for three weeks (altogether 15 working days) using a PR999 4W scanning laser device; around trigger points with 3 J/cm2, power 800 mW, frequency 2000Hz, on trigger points with 9 J/cm², power 2000mW, frequency 5000Hz for total of 2 minutes on each spot