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Atlas of cutaneous territories of the human body - English Edition
Dear colleagues,
The Atlas of cutaneous territories of the human body (first English edition) deals with clinical anatomy, illustrating the usefulness of anatomical knowledge for clinical practice. More precisely, it seeks to demonstrate how these topographic elements make it possible to orient the clinical anamnesis, then to carry out the clinical examination.
As the clinic gives us to observe much more Aβ axonal lesions (axonotmesis) than transections (neurotmesis), the mapped hypoaesthetic territories are partial. We therefore defined for each cutaneous nerve branch the autonomous territory and the boundary markers of the largest territory of cutaneous origin.
This Atlas was based on a prospectively and consecutively research from 2 July 2004 to 21 August 2019, including over 3,000 patients.
But do you, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, hand therapist, know the importance of having this Atlas in your hands for your clinical practice?
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Hello,
Thank you Sibele for this sharing.
And thank you to the authors for their wonderful work. It is indeed an indispensable tool for our practice.
Here is a flyer presenting this first Atlas for the Diagnosis of Neuropathic Pain in English.
To share without hesitation.
Have a nice day
Marion
Dear Sibele, Dear Colleagues,
To answer your question, I would say that this Atlas is an essential tool to practice our method.
When we trigger our clinical reasoning "in our head" in front of our patient, the crucial step of recognizing and naming the injured branch is the key that allows us to access and validate the entire follow-up of our assessment and treatment.
Moreover, it is a precious means of communication for our therapeutic education for our patients. We can "name the culprit", "explain the invisible", "show why", and they appreciate this moment so much.
Moreover, the fact that it is in English makes it accessible... to the whole world....
What happiness! Thanks again!
Beautiful evening to all!
Géraldine
And thank you very much Marion for sharing the flyer!
Take care of yourself!
Géraldine
Dear Marion,
Thank you so much for sharing the flyer. I completely agree with you that is an indispensable tool for our practice.
We can detect and evaluate 240 different nerve branches in the body, distributed in 10 domains:
1. Trigeminal domain;
2. Occipital domain;
3. Cervical domain;
4. Brachial domain;
5. Thoracic domain;
6. Lumbo-abdominal domain;
7. Lumbo-femoral domain;
8. Femoral domain;
9. Sciatic domain;
10. Sacral domain.
Warm regards!!!
Dear Geraldine,
I also completely agree with you! The hability to (1) know that exists a cutaneous territory that corresponds to a sensory nerve branch and (2) identify and naming the injured branch is really incredible. We have the power in our hands! It makes easy to do an aesthesiography or an allodynography. Just to remember, an aesthesiography is a cartography of the skin surface affected by a partial lesion of
the branch of a nerve did with Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments or similar. The allodynography is used to map the skin surface of the affected nerve distribution that presents a painful territory with a non painful stimulus (allodinia).
The Atlas makes touchable for us, as therapists, not only to identify the injured branch, but also to monitor the patient's recovery objectively.
And for sure, this English version makes it possible for people all over the world to have this beautiful tool at their fingertips.
Best regards to all!!!
Hello,
Today I received my "Atlas of Cutaneous Branch Territories for the Diagnosis of Neuropathic Pain",ordered in my independent bookstore.
So beautiful and so useful...indispensable, I would even say.
Best regard to all