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posted on 2023-06-08, 12:17 authored by Louise Thwaites, Karen Walker-Bone
In the 21st century, upper extremity pain syndromes are common and cause substantial pain and disability. Upper extremity pain can arise from a very wide range of clinical conditions; however this text focuses on pain arising from non-traumatic non-articular soft tissues, i.e. excluding pain resulting from acute trauma, malignancy and chronic rheumatic diseases. Non-articular soft tissue disorders include some relatively well defined 'specific' patho-anatomical conditions such as lateral epicondylalgia, de Quervain's tenosynovitis and carpal tunnel syndrome. Upper extremity pain may also be referred from pathology occurring in the cervical spine (cervico-brachial disorders). Frequently also, upper extremity pain arises in the absence of distinct patho-anatomical physical signs and is labelled as 'non-specific' regional pain.

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  • Published

Publisher

Churchill Livingstone

Volume

1

Page range

1-12

Pages

560.0

Book title

Neck and Arm Pain Syndromes: Evidence-informed screening, diagnosis and management

Place of publication

Kidlington

ISBN

9780702035289

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  • Clinical and Experimental Medicine Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Editors

Peter A Huijbregts, Joshua A Cleland, Cesar Fernandez de las Penas

Legacy Posted Date

2012-08-17

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