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Pain in women : a clinical guide / Allison Bailey, Carolyn Bernstein, editors.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Bailey, Allison (Physiatrist)
Bernstein, Carolyn.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Chronic Pain.
Pain Management.
Pelvic Pain.
Sex Factors.
Women's Health.
Pain.
Pain--Treatment.
Chronic pain in women.
Medical Subjects:
Chronic Pain.
Pain Management.
Pelvic Pain.
Sex Factors.
Women's Health.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 320 pages) : illustrations (some color
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Springer, [2013]
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Summary:
Women are affected by many chronic pain conditions in overwhelmingly greater numbers than are men. They are also at higher risk of disability due to pain in all age groups. Addressing this problem with a comprehensive and practical examination of the problem, Pain in Women: A Clinical Guide is an important contribution to the literature on sex-based differences in illness and pain in particular. Developed by a renowned group of experts in pain medicine, this practical, must-read title is designed not only to review the basics of the current understanding of the biological differences between the sexes when it comes to pain conditions, but also to provide clinicians in varying fields with a guide that helps elucidate the proposed neuroanatomical and neurophysiological mechanisms that are currently understood to underlie these differences. This title reviews in detail the pain conditions commonly encountered in women, covering, for example, special considerations in certain populations of female patients with pain, including the female athlete, those who are pregnant, postpartum, experiencing menopause, and survivors of breast cancer. A special chapter is dedicated to the issue of early life trauma and chronic pain. Finally, an entire chapter is devoted to discussion of the role that physical therapy plays in the treatment of pelvic pain. State-of-the-art and the definitive text on the topic, Pain in Women: A Clinical Guide will increase the confidence of all clinicians treating women with pain disorders and will improve the treatment of pain in women at all life stages.
Contents:
Sex Differences in Pain
The Neuroanatomy of Female Pelvic Pain
Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain
Gynecologic Etiologies of Chronic Pelvic Pain
Pelvic Floor Muscle Pain and Dysfunction
Vulvodynia
Painful Bladder Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis in Women
Headache in Women
Pregnancy and Postpartum-Related Pain
The Female Athlete
Immune Consequences of Early Life Stress: Relationship to Chronic Pain Syndromes
Menopause and the Musculoskeletal System
Breast Cancer-Related Pain
Physical Therapy for Female Pelvic Pain.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781441971135
1441971130
9781441971128
1441971122
OCLC:
806291631
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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