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Ling Shu PDF
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List of illustrations and tables vii Acknowledgments xvii Authors preface xix Editors preface xxi Introduction xxiii
Chapter 1 Disorders of the head and neck 1 1 Tension headache 3 2 Cluster headache 6 3 Migraine 11 4 Post-lumbar puncture headache 16 5 Occipital neuralgia 18 6 Mnires disease 22 7 Disorders of the temporomandibular joint 28 8 Stiff neck 31 9 Injury to the erector spinae muscle in the cervical region 35 10 Whiplash injury 39 11 Spasmodic torticollis 44 12 Radicular cervical spondylosis 47 13 Vertebral artery compression syndrome 53 14 Cervical spondylosis with sympathetic nerve involvement 58 15 Cervical spondylosis with myelopathy 61 Chapter 2 Disorders of the trunk 67 16 Injury to the pectoralis major muscle 69 17 Sequelae of rib fracture 73 18 Costochondritis (Tietzes syndrome) 77 19 Intercostal neuralgia 79 20 Injury to the rectus abdominis muscle 84 21 Disorder of the thoracic vertebral joints 87 22 Supraspinous ligament injury 90 23 Injury to the erector spinae muscle in the thorax 94 24 Injury to the erector spinae muscle in the lumbar region 98 25 Prolapse of the lumbar intervertebral disk 101 26 Lumbar spondylosis 116 27 Acute sprain of the lower back 119 28 Syndrome of the third lumbar transverse process 123 29 Lumbosacral lipocele 126 30 Injury to the iliopsoas muscle 129 31 Pain in the sacrococcygeal region 133 Chapter 3 Upper limb conditions 137 32 Sequelae of scapular fracture 139 33 Sequelae of clavicular fracture 143 34 Subacromial bursitis 146 35 Frozen shoulder (scapulohumeral periarthritis) 149 36 Supraspinatus tendinitis 154 37 Bicipital tendinitis 157 38 Injury to the brachial plexus 160 39 Brachial plexus neuropathy 164 40 Thoracic outlet syndrome 168 41 Long thoracic nerve paralysis 172 42 Axillary nerve paralysis 176 43 Olecranon bursitis 179 44 Sequelae of olecranon fracture 181 45 Lateral humeral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) 184 46 Medial humeral epicondylitis (golfers elbow) 188 47 Supinator syndrome 191 48 Tendinitis of the forearm extensor muscles 194 49 Ulnar nerve paralysis 197 50 Ulnar nerve compression at the wrist 203 51 Median nerve paralysis 206 52 Carpal tunnel syndrome 211 53 Radial nerve paralysis 214 54 Stenosing tenosynovitis (de Quervains disease) 219 55 Sequelae of fracture of the distal end of the radius 222 56 Injury to the triangular fibrocartilage 226 57 Tenovaginitis of the digital flexor muscles 228 58 Writer's cramp 231 Chapter 4 Lower limb conditions 235 59 Superior clunial nerve injury 237 60 Ischial bursitis 240 61 Piriformis muscle syndrome 242 62 Sciatica 246 63 Snapping hip 253 64 Synovial bursitis of the hip 256
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Trochanteric bursitis 259 Sequelae of fracture of the femoral neck 262 Hamstring muscle injury 265 Injury to the adductor muscles of the thigh 268 Sprain of the quadriceps femoris 271 Obturator nerve injury 274 Neuritis of the lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh (meralgia paresthetica) 277 Femoral nerve paralysis 280 Prepatellar bursitis (housemaids knee) 284 Traumatic synovitis of the knee 288 Lesion of the infrapatellar fat pad 291 Injury to the tibial collateral ligament of the knee 294 Injury to the fibular collateral ligament of the knee 298 Injury to the cruciate ligaments 301 Injury to the meniscus of the knee joint 304 Popliteal cyst (Bakers cyst) 308 Injury to the gastrocnemius muscle 310 Sequelae of Achilles tendon rupture 313 Peritendinitis of the Achilles tendon 315 Tibial nerve injury 317 Tarsal tunnel syndrome 321 Paralysis of the common peroneal nerve 324 Ankle joint ligament injury 329 Heel pain 333 Metatarsalgia 340
Sphenopalatine neuralgia 401 Vestibular neuronitis 405 Glossopharyngeal neuralgia 409 Glossopharyngeal paralysis 413 Vagus nerve paralysis 416 Accessory nerve paralysis 421 Hypoglossal paralysis 424
Chapter 6 Disorders of the central nervous system 429 107 Transient ischemic attack 431 108 Cerebral thrombosis 437 109 Cerebral embolism 447 110 Cerebral hemorrhage 452 111 Subarachnoid hemorrhage 460 112 Cerebral arteriosclerosis 466 113 Lacunar cerebral infarction 472 114 Syringomyelia 478 115 Traumatic paraplegia 486 116 Parkinsons disease 492 117 Sydenhams chorea (chorea minor) 495 118 Athetosis 498 119 Epilepsy 502 Chapter 7 Other disorders 511 120 Conversion disorder (hysteria) 513 121 Atypical chest pain 519 122 Functional gastric disorders 523 123 Irritable bowel syndrome 527 124 Phantom limb pain 533 125 Myasthenia gravis 535 126 Periodic paralysis 544 127 Polyneuropathy 548 Appendix: Location of acupuncture points 553 Glossary 561 Bibliography 581 Index 583
Chapter 5 Cranial nerve disorders 343 90 Olfactory nerve disorders 345 91 Optic neuritis 351 92 Optic atrophy 360 93 Myopia 365 94 Oculomotor paralysis 370 95 Trochlear paralysis 375 96 Abducent paralysis 380 97 Trigeminal neuralgia 384 98 Facial paralysis (Bells palsy) 391 99 Facial tic 397