Muscles, Nerves, and Pain A Guide to Diagnosis, Pain Concepts, and Therapy /

• Main Author: Nix, Wilfred A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Edition: 2.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurology.; Pain medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pain Medicine.

Many patients suffer from problems in their muscles or nerves in combination with pain. This book is about the complex interplay between the causes of these problems and the puzzle they pose. Pain is the subjective experience of a psychophysical phenomenon arising from a defined area in the body. It...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Basics of anatomy
• 2. Examination process
• 3. Electrophysiology
• 4. Radicular lesions
• 5. Lesions of single nerves
• 6. Pain from nerve, muscle, and tissue
• 7. Polyneuropathy
• 8. General therapeutic guidelines.