The exact cause of tennis elbow, a common condition, is still obscure. While the condition
may well be entirely due to a local disorder at the elbow, the results of a study of 50 patients …

Medical diagnosis traditionally presumes that pain is a signal of tissue injury conveyed to the
central nervous system via a healthy nervous sys—tem; the definition of pain, as given by …

Pain is determined by the neurologic properties of receptor organs, neurons, and their
interconnections. These may become supersensitive or hyperreactive following denervation (…

The authors have previously reported myalgic hyperalgesia as a useful localizing sign in “low-back
sprain” patients with no physical findings. This paper describes some other subtle …

Myofascial pain syndromes are a large and diverse group of painful conditions that occur in
the musculoskeletal system. They affect muscles and their connective tissue attachments in …

Why is acupuncture accepted in the East, especially for the treatment of chronic pain, but not
in the West? One reason is that the modus operandi of acupuncture is not fully understood; …

Neuropathic pain invariably affects the musculoskeletal system, causing muscle contracture
and shortening: “Myofascial Pain”. Spondylosis, the universal outcome of age, wear and tear…

Background: Trauma to the neck can cause acute pain. Chronic pain and dysfunction from
such injury is called “whiplash-associated disorder” [WAD]. The Quebec Task Force [QTF] …

In calling for an epidemiological study of chronic pain, Dr Smith and his colleagues (April
I996JRSM, p 181) identify two major difficulties: case definition and case Identification. Clues to …

… Gunn, C. Chan … Chan Gunn ; foreword by Patrick D. Wall …