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- Offers clinically relevant information on the distribution of nerve pain
- Centered on visual materials, including detailed figures and charts, organized anatomically for easy reference
- Represents a core resource for somatosensory rehabilitation, hence, an essential reference guide for a broad audience
This atlas is the result of research involving over 3,000 patients consecutively recruited since 2004. Clinical practice gives the opportunity to observe many more Aβ axonal lesions (axonotmesis) than transections (neurotmesis), consequently the mapped hypo aesthetic territories are partial. Therefore, the authors define for each cutaneous nerve branch, the autonomous territory and the boundary markers of the largest territory of cutaneous origin. Each anatomical chart of a cutaneous branch is the superposition of tens, even hundreds of observations seen in clinical practice – based on 2,853 maps of observed cutaneous hypo aesthetic territories. The data collected has also been cross-referenced with that published in nearly 100 other anatomy books. This 1st English edition – based on the 3rd French edition published by Sauramps Medical – illustrates the usefulness of anatomical knowledge for clinical practice. More precisely, it seeks to demonstrate how these topographic elements can offer valuable support, both for the clinical anamnesis, and for the clinical examination of neuropathic pain patients. This atlas is at the crossroads between the medical and rehabilitation disciplines. Accordingly, it addresses the needs of medical doctors, from GPs to specialists, and of pain therapists, and offers a valuable asset for all health professionals who are dedicated to the management of pain and associated problems. Table of ContentsPart I. Introduction- 1. Introduction, Patients and methods, Tutorial
Part II. Domains- 2. Trigeminal domain
- 3. Occipital domain
- 4. Cervical domain
- 5. Brachial domain
- 6. Posterior-intercostal domain
- 7. Lumbo-abdominal domain
- 8. Lumbo-femoral domain
- 9. Femoral domain
- 10. Sciatic domain
- 11. Sacral domain
Part III.- 12. Conclusion
- 13 References
Part IV- Index of anatomical plates
- Index of tables
- Appendix I: Aesthesiography
- Appendix II: Dermatomes
- Appendix III: Collateral nerves of the fingers
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