Full Description
Musculoskeletal Pain - Assessment, Prediction and Treatment presents a common sense approach to interpreting and applying existing clinical knowledge and new research to help clinicians make sense of the complex phenomena of acute and chronic post-traumatic musculoskeletal pain. Built upon the Assess, Predict, Treat framework, the authors offer a method to help clinicians better understand their patients' pain. They present evidence-based decision tools to predict the natural and clinical course of common conditions, such as neck and low back pain, and they then synthesize that information into a logical, integrated treatment approach, which respects the individuality of the patient, the experiences of the clinician, and the value of evidence-informed practice.
David Walton and James Elliott are leaders in the field of post-traumatic pain and recovery. Their work provides a valuable framework to facilitate novice clinicians in their transition towards experts and helps mid- and late-stage clinicians better interpret, synthesize, and discuss complex information on pain with the goal of optimised outcomes for patients.
Contents
CHAPTER 1 A Pragmatic Approach to Seeing the Invisible
CHAPTER 2 The Assess, Predict, Treat Framework
CHAPTER 3 A New Framework for Clinical Assessment of Musculoskeletal Pain
CHAPTER 4 Classifications of Patients that Matter when Interpreting Pain
CHAPTER 5 Understanding Prognosis, or 'How to Predict the Future'
CHAPTER 6 Creating Your 'Go-To' Toolbox
CHAPTER 7 The Physiological Nociceptive Domain
CHAPTER 8 The Neuropathic Domain
CHAPTER 9 The Central Nociplastic Domain
CHAPTER 10 The Cognitive Domain
CHAPTER 11 The Emotional Domain
CHAPTER 12 The Socioenvironmental Domain
CHAPTER 13 The Sensorimotor Dysintegration Domain
CHAPTER 14 Case Examples
