Table of Contents

Contributors, vii Preface, ix 1 Epidemiology of Chronic Pain, 1 Blair H Smith and Nicola Torrance 2 Pain Mechanisms, 5 Carole Torsney and Susan Fleetwood-Walker 3 Evaluation of the Patient in Pain, 11 Dennis C Turk and Kimberly S Swanson 4 Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain, 16 Paul Dieppe 5 Management of Low Back Pain, 20 James Campbell and Lesley A Colvin 6 Neuropathic Pain, 25 Lesley A Colvin and Suzanne Carty 7 Visceral Pain, 31 James Maybin and Michael G Serpell 8 Post-surgical Pain, 37 Susan Nimmo and Lesley Dickson 9 Headache and Orofacial Pain, 42 Anne MacGregor and Joanna M Zakrzewska 10 Cancer Pain, 48 Marie Fallon 11 Treating Pain in Patients with Drug-dependence Problems, 54 Jane C Ballantyne 12 Pain in Children, 60 Suellen M Walker 13 Pain in Older Adults, 65 Debra K Weiner 14 Pain in Pregnancy, 69 George R Harrison 15 Psychological Aspects of Chronic Pain, 73 David Gillanders 16 Interventional Procedures in Pain Management, 79 Dominic Hegarty and Damian Murphy 17 The Role of Physiotherapy in Pain Management, 86 Paul J Watson 18 The Role of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) in Pain Management, 91 Mark I Johnson 19 Complementary and Alternative Strategies, 99 Margaret Cullen and Fiona MacPherson 20 Opioids in Chronic Non-malignant Pain, 103 Eija Kalso Index, 109

About the Author

Edited by Lesley Colvin, Consultant/ Senior Lecturer in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK Marie Fallon, St Columba's Hospice Chair of Palliative Medicine, Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre (CRUK), Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK