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Biomedical acupuncture for pain management : an integrative approach

Title
Biomedical acupuncture for pain management : an integrative approach / Yun-tao Ma, Mila Ma, Zang Hee Cho.
Author
Ma, Yun-tao.
Publication
St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier Churchill Livingstone, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors
  • Ma, Mila.
  • Cho, Zang Hee.
Description
xix, 266 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
"Biomedical Acupuncture for Pain Management presents a new and unique acupuncture system that will enable healthcare professionals in a variety of disciplines to learn and practice acupuncture within the familiar framework of biomedical principles. Simplifying treatment for pain management and trauma rehabilitation, this book will also be of great benefit to traditionally trained acupuncturists."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Pain > Treatment
  • Acupuncture points
  • Musculoskeletal system > Alternative treatment
  • Integrated delivery of health care
  • Back Pain > physiopathology
  • Acupuncture Therapy > methods
  • Electroacupuncture > methods
  • Acupuncture Analgesia > methods
  • Complementary Therapies
  • Meridian Therapy
Note
  • Includes appendices.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. From neurons to acupoints : basic neuroanatomy of acupoints -- 2. Dynamic pathophysiology of acupoints -- 3. Peripheral mechanisms of acupuncture -- 4. The neural bases of acupuncture : central mechanisms -- 5. Integrative neuromuscular acupoint system -- 6. Quantitative acupuncture evaluation and clinical techniques -- 7. The psychology of acupuncture therapy : placebo and nocebo effects in acupuncture pain management -- 8. Introduction to the practical application of the integrative neuromuscular acupoint system -- 9. Back pain : neck, upper back, and lower back -- 10. Upper limb pain : shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hand -- 11. Lower limb pain : hip, thigh, knee, leg, ankle, and foot -- 12. Systemic pain - related disorders -- 13. Acupuncture therapy for non-pain symptoms -- 14. Acupuncture therapy in sports medicine -- 15. Electroacupuncture analgesia -- 16. Using the integrative neuromuscular acupoint system for acupoint injection therapy -- 17. Case studies -- App. Cross reference between 24 homeostatic acupoints and their corresponding meridian nomenclature.
ISBN
0443066590
OCLC
  • ocm56571409
  • SCSB-5096731
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries