Manual Therapy for Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes: An Evidence- and Clinical-Informed Approach

Manual Therapy for Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes: An Evidence- and Clinical-Informed Approach
ISBN-10
070205576X
ISBN-13
9780702055768
Category
Medical
Pages
848
Language
English
Published
2015-06-17
Publisher
Elsevier Health Sciences
Authors
César Fernández-de-las-Peñas, Joshua Cleland, Jan Dommerholt

Description

The book is divided into 11 sections, covering evidence-informed techniques in massage, trigger points, neural muscle energy, manipulations, dry needling, myofascial release, therapeutic exercise and psychological approaches. In the general introduction, several authors review the epidemiology of upper and lower extremity pain syndromes and the process of taking a comprehensive history in patients affected by pain. In chapter 5, the basic principles of the physical examination are covered, while chapter 6 places the field of manual therapy within the context of contemporary pain neurosciences and therapeutic neuroscience education. For the remaining sections, the book alternates the upper and lower quadrants. Sections 2 and 3 provide updates on mechanical neck pain, whiplash, thoracic outlet syndrome, myelopathy, radiculopathy, peri-partum pelvic pain, joint mobilizations and manipulations and therapeutic exercises, among others. Sections 4 to 9 review aspects of the shoulder, hip, elbow, knee, the wrist and hand, and finally the ankle and foot. The last two sections of the book are devoted to muscle referred pain and neurodynamics.

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