Cesar Fernandez-de-las-Penas - Böcker

Through three outstanding editions, Travell, Simons & Donnelly’s Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual has set the standard in the field of myofascial pain, dysfunction, and therapeutic modalities. In the 4th Edition, lead editor Joseph M. Donnelly brings this groundbreaking reference fully up to date with the latest research on trigger points. In a single, full-color text, both students and clinicians will benefit from an intuitive format, integrated learning aids, new digital resources, instructive photographs, and iconic pain referral pattern images. Discusses the pathophysiological and biopsychosocial models for muscle pain and dysfunction with updated research, as well as treatment for trigger points that can be performed by a variety of practitioners including physicians, physical therapists, massage therapists, chiropractors, and athletic trainers. Integrates in-text learning aids throughout, including case studies and Q&As that help students master the material and apply it to clinical practice. Includes illustratedpain referral pattern summaries and clinical consideration chapters with common clinical conditions associated with trigger points in each muscle section. Features new digital resources for students and instructors: questions that test comprehension; video clips that illuminate deeper muscle groups that benefit from 3D presentation, such as head and neck, pelvic girdle, and spine; a test bank for summative assessment; and updated PowerPoint slides that reflect changes in the text.

This is the first book for the new Series Contemporary Issues in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Medicine.This textbook will assess both clinical and research aspects of the diagnosis and management of two highly prevalent headache disorders: tension-type and cervicogenic headaches. This textbook will cover both physical therapy and physical medicine approaches to the management of these headache disorders.

Hip and Knee Pain Disorders has been written to provide a state-of-the-art, evidence-informed and clinically-informed overview of the examination and conservative management of hip/knee pain conditions. Under the current predominantly evidence-based practice paradigm, clinician expertise, patient preference, and best available research determine examination, and prognostic and clinical management decisions. However, this paradigm has been understood by many to place greater value and emphasis on the research component, thereby devaluing the other two. Evidence-informed practice is a term that has been suggested to honor the original intent of evidence-based practice, while also acknowledging the value of clinician experience and expertise. In essence, evidence-informed practice combines clinical reasoning, based on current best evidence, with authority-based knowledge and a pathophysiological rationale derived from extrapolation of basic science knowledge. Unlike other published textbooks that overemphasize the research component in decision-making, this book aims to address the clinical reality of having to make decisions on the management of a patient with hip/knee pain, in the absence of a comprehensive scientific rationale, using other sources of knowledge. It offers an evidence-informed textbook that values equally research evidence, clinician expertise and patient preference.The book is edited by three recognised world leaders in clinical research into manual therapy and chronic pain. Their research activities are concentrated on the evidence-based management of musculoskeletal pain conditions using conservative interventions. For this book they have combined their knowledge and clinical expertise with that of 54 additional contributors, all specialists in the field The contributors include a mix of clinicians and clinician-researchers.Hip and Knee Pain Disorders is unique in bringing together manual therapies and exercise programs in a multimodal approach to the management of these pain conditions from both a clinical, but also evidence-based, perspective. It acknowledges the expanding direct access role of the physical therapy profession. The book provides an important reference source for clinicians of all professions interested in conservative management of the hip and knee regions. It will also be useful as a textbook for students at both entry and post-graduate level.