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This atlas is the result of research involving over 3,000 patients
consecutively recruited since 2004. Clinical practice gives the opportunity
to observe many more Aβ axonal lesions (axonotmesis) than transections
(neurotmesis), consequently the mapped hypo aesthetic territories are
partial. Therefore, the authors define for each cutaneous nerve branch, the
autonomous territory and the boundary markers of the largest territory of
cutaneous origin. Each anatomical chart of a cutaneous branch is the
superposition of tens, even hundreds of observations seen in clinical
practice – based on 3,133 maps of observed cutaneous hypoaesthetic
territories. The data collected has also been cross-referenced with that
published in nearly 100 other anatomy books.This 1st English edition –
based on the 3rd French edition published by Sauramps Medical – illustrates
the usefulness of anatomical knowledge for clinical practice. More
precisely, it seeks to demonstrate how these topographic elements can offer
valuable support, both for the clinical anamnesis, and for the clinical
examination of neuropathic pain patients.This atlas is at the crossroads
between the medical and rehabilitation disciplines. Accordingly, it
addresses the needs of medical doctors, from GPs to specialists, and of
pain therapists, and offers a valuable asset for all health professionals
who are dedicated to the management of pain and associated problems. About the Author In 2004, Claude J Spicher, Certified Hand Therapist Switzerland, founded
the Somatosensory Rehabilitation Centre of the human body at the Clinique
Générale, a member of the Swiss Medical Network. He is a scientific
collaborator for the Department of Neurosciences and Movement Sciences,
University of Fribourg (JM Annoni) and an affiliate member of the School of
Physical and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
(Montreal). Since 2004, he is editor-in-chief of the e-News Somatosens
Rehab, the official e-journal of the Somatosensory Rehabilitation of Pain
Network (SRPN). Claude has given more than three hundred invited
presentations in Europe, USA, Canada and Japan. He has published books and
articles in several internationally renowned publications as Somatosens Mot
Res, J Reconstr Microsurg, Pain Med.Tara L Packham, PhD, Certified
Somatosensory Therapist of Pain (CSTP©), is an occupational therapist and
assistant professor in the School of Rehabilitation Sciences at McMaster
University in Hamilton (ON), Canada. She conducts clinical research in
neuropathic pain, particularly related to upper extremity conditions and
injuries. Her program of research also emphasizes outcome measurement and
moving research into practice. Tara has published multiple papers on these
topics, and presented over hundred times at national and international
meetings on these topics. She is active in the International Association
for the Study of Pain, their special interest group on Complex Regional
Pain Syndrome (CRPS), the Canadian Pain Society and the Canadian and
American Societies of Hand Therapists. She also serves on the editorial
boards of the J Hand Ther and Pain Med, and the scientific advisory board
for the International Consortium for CRPS research.Nadège Buchet, CSTP®, OT
graduated from Institut de Formation en Ergothérapie de Rennes(France). As
an instructor with the SRPN, she has taught in Lausanne, Mulhouse and
Montpellier. Nadège has published in several renowned publications. Since
2010, she has been a co-author of this atlas.Isabelle
Quintal, MSc(c), CSTP®, BSc OT graduated from University of Montreal, and
lecturer in the occupational and physical therapy programs at University of
Montreal. She is working inCentre Professionnel d’Ergothérapie (Montreal).
As an instructor with the SRPN, Isabelle has taught in Brussels, Freiburg,
Montpellier and Montreal. She has published in several internationally
renowned publications as Encyclopédie Médico-Chirugicale and J Hand
Ther.Since 2013, she has been a co-author of Rééducation sensitive des
douleurs neuropathiques and since 2017, she has been a co-author of this
atlas. Pierre Sprumont is an emeritus professor of anatomy at the Faculty
of Science and Medicine of the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). He was
educated as a physician and specialist in internal medicine. He published
over sixty scientific articles on the relationships between ovary and
immunity, on the cellular mechanisms of brain oedema, on the anatomical
terminologies and their early history. He is the past-secretary of the
Federative International Programme on Anatomical Terminologies
(FIPAT) where he mainly dealt with the ontologies of anatomical entities.
He still participates in the FIPAT “Informatics” working group, which he
co-ordinated during 6 years.
