Acupuncture, trigger points and musculoskeletal pain : a scientific approach to acupuncture for use by doctors and physiotherapists in the diagnosis and management of myofascial trigger point pain /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh ; New York :
Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone,
2005.
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Traditional Chinese acupuncture
- How news of acupuncture and moxibustion spread from China to the outside world
- The practice of acupuncture in the Western world during the 19th century
- Some basic observations leading to its development
- Evolution of knowledge concerning muscle pain syndromes for which it is employed
- Neurophysiology of pain
- Myofascial trigger point pain and fibromyalgia syndromes
- Concurrent complex regional and myofascial trigger point pain syndromes
- Neurophysiological pain-suppressing effects of acupuncture and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
- Treatment of myofascial trigger point pain and fibromyalgia syndromes
- Scientific evaluation of acupuncture's ability to relieve nociceptive pain
- Chest pain
- The painful shoulder
- Pain in the neck
- Pain in the arm
- Pain in the head and face
- Low-back pain
- Pain in the lower limb
- Pain in and around joints
- Abdominal and pelvic pain