Muscle pain : understanding the mechanisms / Siegfried Mense, Robert D. Gerwin, editors.

Other author Mense, Siegfried.
Other author Gerwin, Robert, 1938-
Format Book
Publication InfoHeidelberg ; New York : Springer, ©2010.
Descriptionxiii, 323 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction / Siegfried Mense and Robert D. Gerwin -- Functional anatomy of muscle : muscle, nociceptors, and afferent fibers / Siegfried Mense -- Peripheral mechanisms of muscle pain : response behavior of muscle nociceptors and factors eliciting local muscle pain / Siegfried Mense -- Central nervous mechanisms of muscle pain : ascending pathways, central sensitization, and pain-modulating systems / Siegfried Mense -- Referral of musculoskeletal pain / Thomas Graven-Nielsen and Siegfried Mense -- Increased muscle tone as a cause of muscle pain / Siegfried Mense and Alfonse T. Masi -- Reorganized motor control due to muscle pain / Thomas Graven-Nielsen and Lars Arendt-Nielsen.
Local noteLaupus-WCP
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010927599
ISBN9783540850205 (hbk : alk. paper.)
ISBN3540850201 (hbk. : alk. paper)