ISBN:
9780702063572
Copyright:
2005
Publication Date:
12-20-2004
Page Count:
384
Imprint:
Churchill Livingstone
List Price:
$84.99
Acupuncture, Trigger Points and Musculoskeletal Pain - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 3rd Edition
by Peter E. Baldry, MB FRCP
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
ISBN:
9780702063572
Copyright:
2005
Publication Date:
12-20-2004
Page Count:
384
Imprint:
Churchill Livingstone
List Price:
$84.99
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- 5 new chapters
- Each chapter has been thoroughly revised with fully updated references
- Includes all relevant clinical trial information
- Part 3 includes information on a wide range of topics such as migraine, laterial epidondylalgia, repetitive strain injury, whiplash and pelvic floor pain disorders
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- Evidence-based, up-to-date, and detailed information on trigger points, musculoskeletal pain, and the physiology of pain provide the most authoritative assessments available on this topic.
- Practical, step-by-step treatment guidelines help readers apply key concepts to actual practice.
- Clear illustrations demonstrate important techniques and areas of pain and needling.
- Expanded coverage of fibromyalgia and the neurophysiology of myofascial trigger points includes common symptoms and treatments.
- More information on new treatment options for the common problem of whiplash injuries.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
PART ONE: Acupuncture — A historical review
1. Traditional Chinese acupuncture
2. How news of acupuncture and moxibustion spread from China to the outside world
3. The practice of acupuncture in the Western world during the 19th century
PART TWO: Principles of trigger point acupuncture
4. Some basic observations leading to its development
5. Evolution of knowledge concerning syndromes for which it is employed
6. Neurophysiology of pain
7. Myofascial tiigger point pain and fibromyalgia syndromes
8. Concurrent complex regional and myofascial trigger point pain syndromes
9. Neurophysiological pain - suppressing effects of acupuncture and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
10. Treatment of myofascial trigger point pain and fibromyalgia syndromes
11. Scientific evaluation of acupncture's ability to relieve nociceptive pain
PART THREE: The practical application of trigger point acupuncture
12. Chest pain
13. The painful shoulder
14. Pain in the neck
15. Pain in the arm
16. Pain in the head and face
17. Low-back pain
18. Pain in the lower limb
19. Pain in and around joints
20. Abdominal and pelvic pain -
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