Musculoskeletal Key

INTRODUCTION TO OROFACIAL PAIN Print Section Listen Patients affected by orofacial pain disorders suffer from significant disability. Even mild pain or dysfunction has a profound effect on their social life….

INTRODUCTION: OVERVIEW OF COMPLEMENTARY AND INTEGRATIVE HEALTH Print Section Listen Complementary and integrative health (cih) interventions, as operationalized by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) and the…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Cognition may be altered by neurodegenerative, vascular, traumatic, anoxic, infectious, and toxic pathophysiological processes. Treating pain in such patients poses challenges, because memory loss, language and…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Elderly men and women represent the fastest-growing segment of the population. In the United States, the number of people aged 65 and older is projected to…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen THE HISTORY OF HAND THERAPY AND HAND rehabilitation began during World War II when the Surgeon General, Major General Norman T. Kirk, determined that severe hand…

SHOULDER Print Section Listen Fractures Upper extremity fractures account for more than half of all pediatric fractures1 and only 7% of geriatric fractures.2 The annual incidence of upper extremity fractures…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The intent of this chapter is to provide a brief overview of common musculoskeletal injuries encountered during sports. For an in-depth review please refer to Chapters…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The intent of this chapter is to provide a brief overview of common musculoskeletal injuries encountered during sports. For an in-depth review please refer to Chapters…

PELVIS/HIP/THIGH Print Section Listen Stress Fractures Stress fractures account for 0.7% to 20% of all sports injuries, 80% to 90% of which occur in the lower limb and 1% to…

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen NEARLY ALL WOMEN HAVE MUSCULOSKELETAL complaints at some point during their pregnancy, including a significant portion with severe pain and/or disabling symptoms.1,2 Unfortunately, women in this…