TEXTBOOK OF PAIN

Contributors
Color Plate
Introduction to the fourth edition
Basic Aspects
Peripheral and Central
Peripheral neural mechanisms of nociception
Peripheral mechanisms of inflammatory pain
Nociceptive peripheral neurons: cellular properties
Trophic factors and pain
Pathophysiology of damaged nerves in relation to chronic pain
The dorsal horn: state-dependent sensory processing, plasticity and the generation of pain
Medulla to thalamus
The image of pain
Developmental neurobiology of pain
Central pharmacology of nociceptive transmission
Central nervous system mechanisms of pain modulation
Psychology
Emotions and psychobiology
Cognitive aspects of pain
Measurement
Assessing transient and persistent pain in animals
Measurement and assessment of paediatric pain
Studies of pain in human subjects
Pain measurements in persons in pain
Measures of function and psychology
Clinical States
Soft tissue, joints and bones
Acute and postoperative pain
Osteoarthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Muscles, tendons and ligaments
Chronic back pain
Upper extremity pain
Fibromyalgia
Deep and visceral pain
Abdominal pain
Heart, vascular and haemopathic pain
Chronic pelvic pain
Obstetric pain
Genitourinary pain
Head
Orofacial pain
Trigeminal, eye and ear pain
Headache
Nerve and root damage
Phantom pain and other phenomena after amputation
Peripheral neuropathies
Complex regional pain syndrome
Nerve root disorders and arachnoiditis
Central nervous system
Central pain
Spinal cord damage: injury
Pain and psychological medicine
Special cases
Sex and gender differences in pain
Cancer pain and palliative care in children
Pain in the elderly
Pain in animals
Cancer pain: principles of assessment and syndromes
Cancer, mind and spirit
Pain and impending death
Therapeutic Aspects
Pharmacology
Methods of therapeutic trials
Antipyretic (non-narcotic) analgesics
Psychotropic drugs
Opioids
Local anaesthetics and epidurals
Other drugs including sympathetic blockers
Surgery
Root and ganglion surgery
Disc surgery
Orthopaedic surgery
Central neurosurgery
Stimulation
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, vibration and acupuncture as pain-relieving measures
Spinal cord and brain stimulation
Physiotherapy
Ultrasound, shortwave, microwave, laser, superficial heat and cold in the treatment of pain
Mobilization, manipulation, massage and exercise for the relief of musculoskeletal pain
Psychotherapy
The placebo and the placebo response
A cognitive-behavioral approach to pain management
Behavioral therapy
Special cases
Pain in children
Practical issues in the management of cancer pain
Peripheral neuropathic pain: an approach to management
Prevention of disability due to chronic musculoskeletal pain
Index
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