ACUPUNCTURE FOR MUSCLE AND SKELETAL DISORDERS
Chapter 1 Traditional Chinese acupuncture 1 Chapter 2 How news of acupuncture and moxibustion spread from China to the outside world 11 Chapter 3 The practice of acupuncture in the Western world during the 19th century 19 Chapter 4 Some basic observations leading to its development 26 Chapter 5 Evolution of knowledge concerning muscle pain syndromes for which it is employed 32 Chapter 6 Neurophysiology of pain 40 Chapter 7 Myofascial trigger point pain and fibromyalgia syndromes 68 Chapter 8 Concurrent complex regional and myofascial trigger point pain syndromes 96 Chapter 9 Neurophysiological pain-suppressing effects of acupuncture and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation 103 Chapter 10 Treatment of myofascial trigger point pain and fibromyalgia syndromes 120 Chapter 11 Scientific evaluation of acupuncture’s ability to relieve nociceptive pain 142 Chapter 12 Chest pain 155 Chapter 13 The painful shoulder 176 Chapter 14 Pain in the neck 195 Chapter 15 Pain in the arm 211 Chapter 16 Pain in the head and face 238 Chapter 17 Low-back pain 262 Chapter 18 Pain in the lower limb 302 Chapter 19 Pain in and around joints 312 Chapter 20 Abdominal and pelvic pain 329