The two books Muscle Pain: Understanding the Mechanisms and Muscle Pain: Diagnosis and Treatment will help the practitioner to understand why the patients feel pain, what to do about it and why the treatment works. In contrast to proceedings of scientific meetings on muscle pain, they center on practical aspects and can be used by the practitioner in his or her daily work. The two bookstogether provide a unique combination of broad basic knowledge with comprehensive clinical information on the management of patients. INDICE: Preface.-Foreword.- Introduction.- Neuroanatomy of muscle: the muscle nociceptor.Peripheral mechanisms of muscle pain: response behaviour of muscle nociceptors and factors eliciting local muscle pain. Central nervous pathways of muscle pain and descending pain-modulating systems. Referral of muscle pain and transition from acute to chronic pain. Increased muscle tone as a cause of muscle pain. Influence of muscle pain on motor performance.- Glossary.
- ISBN: 978-3-540-85020-5
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha Publicación: 25/03/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés