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microtrauma

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microtrauma
[-trô′mə]
a very slight injury or lesion.
microtrauma [mi″kro-traw´mah]
a microscopic lesion or injury.
microtrauma
a microscopic lesion or injury.
microtrauma
Orthopedics Small, usually unnoticed injuries caused by repetitive overuse. See Overuse syndrome.
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The etiology of the muscular pain has yet to be conclusively determined, and hypotheses are moving away from peripheral causes, such as local muscle ischemia and microtrauma (Simms, 1998), toward etiologies that may involve central sensitization and lowered pain thresholds (Bennett, 1996; Crofford & Demitrack, 1996; Weigent, Bradley, Blalock, & Alarcon, 1998).
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