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International experts present the latest advances in soft tissue pain diagnosis and treatment

Soft Tissue Pain Syndromes: Clinical Diagnosis and Pathogenesis is a collection of the finest presentations from the 2004 International MYOPAIN Society's Sixth World Congress held in Munich, Germany. Internationally respected experts present the state-of-the-art in pain mechanisms, myofascial pain syndrome, fibromyalgia syndrome, and inflammatory myopathies. Up-to-date innovative studies illustrate appropriate diagnosis approaches and latest practical treatments for soft tissue pain syndromes of all types.

To remain effective, physicians and other health care professionals treating soft tissue pain must strive to stay current on the latest research and cutting-edge therapies. Soft Tissue Pain Syndromes explores the latest advances in clinical evaluation, investigation, and principles of management of soft tissue pain in tendons, ligaments, bursa, fascia, muscles and nerves. The book is extensively referenced and contains several figures, tables, and graphs to enhance understanding.

Topics in Soft Tissue Pain Syndromes include:

new developments in the understanding of myofascial trigger points (TrPs)

medical and structural conditions associated with TrPs

the causes of orofacial pain

treatment to inactivate TrPs

effective therapies for myofascial pain

the latest developments in the understanding of fibromyalgia syndrome

diagnostic criteria and differential diagnosis of fibromyalgia

innovative nonpharmacologic therapies for fibromyalgia

the metabolism of muscle cells and metabolic myopathies

studies on therapies for idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM)

low back pain with the latest therapies

reactions in the spinal cord to a painful lesion of a muscle

the latest findings in the morphopathogenetic background of muscle pain

Soft Tissue Pain Syndromes is crucial reading for physicians and other health care professionals interested in the latest innovations in treating soft tissue pain.

Contents:

Preface (I. Jon Russell)

PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS

Three Years Later: Presidential Address to MYOPAIN '04 (Robert M. Bennett)

MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROME

Mechanisms of the Transition from Acute to Chronic Pain (Walter Zieglgansberger)

New Aspects of Myofascial Trigger Points: Etiological and Clinical (David G. Simons)

Differential Diagnosis of Trigger Points (Robert Gerwin)

Trigger Points as a Cause of Orofacial Pain (Sandro Palla)

Myofascial Pain Therapy (Chang-Zern Hong)

FIBROMYALGIA PAIN SYNDROME

Pain and the Neuroendocrine System (Gunther Neeck)

Developments in the Fibromyalgia Syndrome (I. Jon Russell)

Diagnostic Criteria and Differential Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia (Robert M. Bennett)

Fibromyalgia: Novel Therapeutic Aspects (Carol S. Burckhardt)

Fibromyalgia: Novel Drug Therapies (Leslie Crofford)

PAINFUL MYOPATHIES AND "IDIOPATHIC" LOW BACK PAIN

Painful Myopathies Metabolism of Muscle Cells and Metabolic Myopathies (Heinz Reichmann and Jochen Schaefer)

Clinical Presentation and Therapy of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (Frederick W. Miller)

Idiopathic Low Back Pain: Classification and Differential Diagnosis (Bente Danneskiold-Samsoe and Else Marie Bartels)

Central Nervous Sequelae of Local Muscle Pain (Siegfried Mense and U. Hoheisel)

Therapy for Idiopathic Low Back Pain (H. Bliddal)

INAUGURAL INCOMING PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS

Scientific Aspects and Clinical Signs of Muscle Pain (Dieter E. Pongratz, Matthias Vorgerd, and Benedikt G. H. Schoser)

Index

Reference Notes Included