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Fifty consecutive chronic sciatica patients were enrolled in the study. DN under IRT control was performed for all patients regardless of gluteus minimus (GM) active TrPs examination. Then, the vasomotor response and its agreement with TrPs examination were evaluated.<jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. The prevalence of GM active TrPs was 32%. DN provokes intensive vasodilatation for TrPs-positive patients only, with the localization dependent on referred pain during the procedure<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>r<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.896;<\/mml:mn><mml:mo>\u2009<\/mml:mo><mml:mo>\u2009<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.000<\/mml:mn><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo><\/mml:math>not the daily complaint. The increase of vasodilatation was, for example, for thigh, TrPs-positive +30.29%<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M2\"><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">(<\/mml:mo><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.05<\/mml:mn><mml:mo stretchy=\"false\">)<\/mml:mo><\/mml:math>versus TrPs-negative +4.08%. Additionally, a significant skin temperature increase was observed for TrPs-positive only, for example, thigh +1.5 \u00b1 1.3\u00b0C (maximum) and +1.2 \u00b1 1.0\u00b0C (average) (both<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M3\"><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>&lt;<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.05<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>).<jats:italic>Conclusion<\/jats:italic>. GM active TrPs prevalence among chronic sciatica patients was around one in three. Every TrPs-positive subject presented with vasodilatation under IRT in the area of DN related referred pain. 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