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Muscle pain: Understanding the mechanisms

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As one half of a comprehensive two-volume publication that covers every angle of muscle pain and is edited by two of the leading figures in the field, this volume details the basic mechanisms of chronic muscle pain syndromes. It provides the practitioner with a deeper understanding of the physical processes involved in these often misunderstood conditions, and in clarifying the nature of muscle pain enables health care professionals to provide more effective treatment.

Author(s): Siegfried Mense, Robert D. Gerwin (auth.), Siegfried Mense, Robert D. Gerwin (eds.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2010

Language: English
Pages: 323
Tags: Neurosciences; Human Physiology; Neurology; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Anesthesiology; Rheumatology

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-15
Functional Anatomy of Muscle: Muscle, Nociceptors and Afferent Fibers....Pages 17-48
Peripheral Mechanisms of Muscle Pain: Response Behavior of Muscle Nociceptors and Factors Eliciting Local Muscle Pain....Pages 49-103
Central Nervous Mechanisms of Muscle Pain: Ascending Pathways, Central Sensitization, and Pain-Modulating Systems....Pages 105-175
Referral of Musculoskeletal Pain....Pages 177-205
Increased Muscle Tone as a Cause of Muscle Pain....Pages 207-249
Reorganized Motor Control Due to Muscle Pain....Pages 251-268
Back Matter....Pages 269-317