Soft Tissue Pain Syndromes

Dieter E. Pongratz, MD, is Professor of Neurology and Internal Medicine at the University of Munich's Friedrch-Baur-Institute. Dr. Pongratz is an educator, clinical investigator, and physician. His research has focused on clinical aspects and myopathological findings in patients with neuromuscular diseases. He has authored around 300 original papers and edited books on clinical neurology, muscle disease, and differential diagnosis in internal medicine. Dr. Pongratz is a member of several professional societies and is currently President of the International MYOPAIN Society. Siegfried Mense, MD, is Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Heidelberg University. Dr. Mense has studied neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of muscle pain in experiments for more than thirty years. His research interests are in the mechanisms of the transition from acute to chronic muscle pain. His published works include several journals and a book on basic and clinical aspects of muscle pain (with David G. Simons and I. Jon Russell). Dr. Mense has been a member of the council of the German chapter of the IASP for more than ten years and is currently Chairman of the German Pain Foundation. Michael Spaeth, MD, is an internist and rheumatologist. Since 1992, Dr. Spaeth has been a physician and clinical investigator at the University of Munich's Friedrich-Baur-Institute. His research interests have focused on Sjogren's Syndrome, immunogenic myopathies, and fibromyalgia syndrome. His published works include several original articles and book chapters. He has been the main investigator of many clinical trials in fibromyalgia and has cared for patients with all types of muscle pain. In 2003, Dr. Spaeth became the senior physician for the rheumatology at the Friedrich-Baur-Institute.

Preface (I. Jon Russell)

PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS

Three Years Later: Presidential Address to MYOPAIN ’04 (Robert M. Bennett)

MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROME

Mechanisms of the Transition from Acute to Chronic Pain (Walter Zieglgänsberger)

New Aspects of Myofascial Trigger Points: Etiological and Clinical (David G. Simons)

Differential Diagnosis of Trigger Points (Robert Gerwin)

Trigger Points as a Cause of Orofacial Pain (Sandro Palla)

Myofascial Pain Therapy (Chang-Zern Hong)

FIBROMYALGIA PAIN SYNDROME

Pain and the Neuroendocrine System (Gunther Neeck)

Developments in the Fibromyalgia Syndrome (I. Jon Russell)

Diagnostic Criteria and Differential Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia (Robert M. Bennett)

Fibromyalgia: Novel Therapeutic Aspects (Carol S. Burckhardt)

Fibromyalgia: Novel Drug Therapies (Leslie Crofford)

PAINFUL MYOPATHIES AND “IDIOPATHIC” LOW BACK PAIN

Painful Myopathies—Metabolism of Muscle Cells and Metabolic Myopathies (Heinz Reichmann and Jochen Schaefer)

Clinical Presentation and Therapy of Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (Frederick W. Miller)

Idiopathic Low Back Pain: Classification and Differential Diagnosis (Bente Danneskiold-Samsøe and Else Marie Bartels)

Central Nervous Sequelae of Local Muscle Pain (Siegfried Mense and U. Hoheisel)

Therapy for Idiopathic Low Back Pain (H. Bliddal)

INAUGURAL INCOMING PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS

Scientific Aspects and Clinical Signs of Muscle Pain (Dieter E. Pongratz, Matthias Vorgerd, and Benedikt G. H. Schoser)

Index

Reference Notes Included