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Myofascial pain and fibromyalgia syndromes : a clinical guide to diagnosis and management /

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(Churchill Livingstone) Ashford Hospital, London, UK. A comprehensive clinical outline of the diagnostic criteria and clinical manifestations of often overlooked pain disorders. Also a guide to the treatment of myofascial pain in specific parts of the body. Halftone illustrations, including photogra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baldry, Peter
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Yunus, Muhammad B., Inanici, Fatma
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone, 2001.
Subjects:
Myofascial pain syndromes.
Myofascial Pain Syndromes > therapy
Myofascial Pain Syndromes
Myofascial Pain Syndromes > physiopathology
Syndrome de la douleur myofasciale.
Myofascial pain syndromes
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Myofascial trigger point pain syndromes
  • pathophysiology and management
  • The evolution of current concepts
  • John Kellgren's observations
  • Myofascial trigger point pain syndromes
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Relevant neurophysiological mechanisms
  • Original beliefs
  • Current concepts
  • Skin nociceptors
  • Muscle nociceptors
  • Transmission of nociceptive information to the brain
  • Pathways for centripetal transmission of nociceptive information
  • Brainstem's reticular formation
  • Pain-modulating mechanisms
  • Endogeneous pain-suppressing substances
  • Myofascial trigger point pain-suppressing techniques
  • The emotional aspects of pain
  • Emotional reactions to pain
  • Anxiety-induced MTrP pain
  • Pain-induced behaviour
  • Assessing the emotional component of organic pain
  • Psychogenic pain
  • Trauma-induced MTrP pain erroneously diagnosed as emotional in origin
  • Psychological effects of compensation-seeking on pain
  • Myofascial trigger point pain
  • Morphology of skeletal muscle
  • Physiological mechanisms involved in voluntary muscle contraction
  • Pathophysiology of myofascial trigger points
  • Perpetuation of myofascial trigger point pain
  • Myofascial trigger point pain referral
  • The search for myofascial trigger points
  • Diagnosis of the MTrP pain syndrome
  • Nociceptive nerve pain, neuropathic pain and myofascial trigger point pain
  • Pathophysiology of neuropathic pain
  • Clinical manifestations of pain of neural origin
  • Some diagnostic pitfalls
  • Management of pain of neural origin.