Pain in osteoarthritis / edited by David T. Felson, Hans-Georg Schaible.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Felson, David T.

Schaible, H.-G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Osteoarthritis--Complications.

Osteoarthritis.

Pain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An authoritative investigation of the sources andtreatment of osteoarthritic joint pain Millions of people throughout the world suffer from osteoarthritis (OA)-a medical condition causing its sufferers excruciating pain that is often disabling. This is the first book to offer clinicians an in-depth understanding of the biological sources of osteoarthritic pain and how they can be treated. Here, a team of leading international authorities has contributed state-of-the-art information on: The Neuroscience of Articular Pain-spinal and peripheral mechanisms of joint pain; experi

Contents:

Spinal mechanisms contributing to joint pain / Hans-Georg Schaible

Activation of sensory neurons in the arthritic joint / Blair D. Grubb

Changes in the neural substrate of nociception in a rat derangement model of osteoarthritis / James L. Henry

Inflammatory mediators and nociception in osteoarthritis / Bruce L. Kidd, Jason J. McDougall, and Julia J. Inglis

Phantoms in rheumatology / Candida S. McCabe ... [et al.]

Mechanisms that generate and maintain bone cancer pain / Juan Miguel Jimenez-Andrade, Monica Herrera, and Patrick W. Mantyh

Symmetry, T-cells, and neurogenic arthritis / Nicholas G. Shenker ... [et al.]

Joint mechanics in osteoarthritis / Walter Herzog, Douglas Bourne, and Aliaa Rehan Youssef

Neuromuscular aspects of osteoarthritis / Kenneth D. Brandt

Pressure-driven intravasation of osseous fat in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritic pain / Peter A. Simkin

Structural correlates of osteoarthritis pain : lessons from magnetic resonance imaging / Philip G. Conaghan

Evidence of sensitization to pain in human osteoarthritis / Gunnar Ordeberg

Current perspectives on the clinical presentation of joint pain in human osteoarthritis / Paul Creamer

General approach to treating osteoarthritic pain : targeting biomechanics inflammation and nociception / David T. Felson

Neurobiological mechanisms of osteoarthritic pain and analgesic treatment / Tuhina Neogi and Joachim Scholz

Exercise, taping, and bracing as treatments for knee osteoarthritis pain / Kim Louise Bennell, Michael Anthony Hunt, and Rana Shane Hinman

Treating inflammation to relieve osteoarthritic pain / David T. Felson.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781283915502

1283915502

9780470930557

0470930551

OCLC:

659500805