Myofascial trigger point

Trigger point - discrete spot in taut bands of muscle that produce local and referred pain when muscle bands are compressed. Article “Myofascial trigger point” in English Wikipedia has 54.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 45 references and 17 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Myofascial trigger point”, its content was written by 210 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 388 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 49 times in English Wikipedia and cited 142 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #15552 in August 2005
• Global: #32922 in August 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #35422 in January 2013
• Global: #50120 in February 2013

There are 14 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Myofascial trigger point		54.8185
2	Basque (eu) Trigger puntu		43.2674
3	Swedish (sv) Triggerpunkter		39.8992
4	German (de) Triggerpunkttherapie		33.0465
5	Russian (ru) Триггерная точка		26.3532
6	Arabic (ar) نقاط الزناد الليفي العضلي		20.495
7	Catalan (ca) Punt gallet miofascial		20.1932
8	Spanish (es) Puntos gatillo		19.7089
9	Japanese (ja) トリガーポイント		19.5852
10	Chinese (zh) 激痛點		12.1949

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Myofascial trigger point" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Myofascial trigger point		3 108 730
2	German (de) Triggerpunkttherapie		1 005 151
3	Russian (ru) Триггерная точка		346 210
4	Japanese (ja) トリガーポイント		126 423
5	Spanish (es) Puntos gatillo		119 484
6	Polish (pl) Punkty spustowe		76 679
7	Swedish (sv) Triggerpunkter		50 879
8	Persian (fa) نقطه ماشه‌ای		47 391
9	Chinese (zh) 激痛點		31 332
10	Arabic (ar) نقاط الزناد الليفي العضلي		28 243

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Myofascial trigger point" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Myofascial trigger point		7 763
2	German (de) Triggerpunkttherapie		1 149
3	Russian (ru) Триггерная точка		952
4	Japanese (ja) トリガーポイント		577
5	Arabic (ar) نقاط الزناد الليفي العضلي		217
6	Chinese (zh) 激痛點		187
7	Persian (fa) نقطه ماشه‌ای		186
8	Spanish (es) Puntos gatillo		137
9	Swedish (sv) Triggerpunkter		67
10	Polish (pl) Punkty spustowe		63

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Myofascial trigger point" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Myofascial trigger point		210
2	German (de) Triggerpunkttherapie		63
3	Swedish (sv) Triggerpunkter		32
4	Persian (fa) نقطه ماشه‌ای		15
5	Norwegian (no) Triggerpunkt		12
6	Russian (ru) Триггерная точка		11
7	Hungarian (hu) Myofasciális triggerpont		10
8	Japanese (ja) トリガーポイント		10
9	Spanish (es) Puntos gatillo		7
10	Chinese (zh) 激痛點		7

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Myofascial trigger point" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) نقاط الزناد الليفي العضلي		0
2	Catalan (ca) Punt gallet miofascial		0
3	German (de) Triggerpunkttherapie		0
4	English (en) Myofascial trigger point		0
5	Spanish (es) Puntos gatillo		0
6	Basque (eu) Trigger puntu		0
7	Persian (fa) نقطه ماشه‌ای		0
8	Hungarian (hu) Myofasciális triggerpont		0
9	Japanese (ja) トリガーポイント		0
10	Norwegian (no) Triggerpunkt		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Myofascial trigger point" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Myofascial trigger point		49
2	Russian (ru) Триггерная точка		21
3	German (de) Triggerpunkttherapie		17
4	Persian (fa) نقطه ماشه‌ای		16
5	Japanese (ja) トリガーポイント		13
6	Catalan (ca) Punt gallet miofascial		5
7	Spanish (es) Puntos gatillo		5
8	Swedish (sv) Triggerpunkter		5
9	Chinese (zh) 激痛點		5
10	Norwegian (no) Triggerpunkt		3

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic نقاط الزناد الليفي العضلي
ca	Catalan Punt gallet miofascial
de	German Triggerpunkttherapie
en	English Myofascial trigger point
es	Spanish Puntos gatillo
eu	Basque Trigger puntu
fa	Persian نقطه ماشه‌ای
hu	Hungarian Myofasciális triggerpont
ja	Japanese トリガーポイント
no	Norwegian Triggerpunkt
pl	Polish Punkty spustowe
ru	Russian Триггерная точка
sv	Swedish Triggerpunkter
zh	Chinese 激痛點

Best Rank

English: #35422 01.2013

Global: #50120 02.2013

Best Rank

English: #15552 08.2005

Global: #32922 08.2009

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