Table of Contents

PART I GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
1 Applied physiology: neuropathic pain - Victoria CJ Wallace and Andrew SC Rice
2 Applied physiology: persistent musculoskeletal pain - Hans-Georg Schaible
3 Applied physiology: persistent visceral pain - Timothy J Ness
4 Genetics of chronic pain: crucial concepts in genetics and research tools to understand the molecular biology of pain and analgesia - Bradley E Aouizerat and Christine A Miaskowski
5 Epidemiology of chronic pain: classical to molecular approaches to understanding the epidemiology of pain - Cielito Reyes-Gibby, Isabel Torres and Roy Croock
6 The economics of chronic pain - Ceri J Phillips
7 The challenges of chronic pain and suffering - David B Morris and Peter R Wilson
8 Pain in society: ethical and legal perspectives - Ben A Rich
9 Chronic pain, impairment, and disability - Robert J Gatchel and Nancy D Kishino
10 The psychological assessment of pain in patients with chronic pain - Allen H Lebovits
11 Assessment of the patient with neuropathic pain - Hanne Gottrup
12 Diagnostic procedures in chronic pain - Nikolai Bogduk
13 Psychological effects of chronic pain: an overview - Lance M McCracken
14 Outcome measurement in chronic pain - Tim Johnson
PART II MANAGEMENT – THERAPIES
15 The use of NSAIDs and paracetamol (acetaminophen) in chronic pain - John Hughes and K Riaz Khan
16 Opioids and chronic noncancer pain - C Roger Goucke and Eric J Visser
17 Topical analgesics for neuropathic pain - Charles E Argoff and K Riaz Khan
18 Chronic pain and depression - W Michael Hooten
19 Antiepileptic and antiarrhythmic agents - Turo J Nurmikko
20 Neurostimulation techniques - Marc A Huntoon
21 Spinal administration - Kate Grady and Jon Raphael
22 Cognitive-behaviour therapy for chronic pain in adults - Stephen Morley and Christopher Eccleston
23 Evaluation of alternative and complementary therapies - Miles J Belgrade and Cassandra D Schamber
PART III MANAGEMENT – CLINICAL SITUATIONS
24 Pain in neurological disease - Paul R Nandi
25 Peripheral neuropathies - Ravikiran Shenoy, Katherine Roberts and Praveen Anand
26 HIV and AIDS - Sarah Cox and Andrew SC Rice
27 Complex regional pain syndromes - Peter R Wilson
28 Central neuropathic pain: syndromes, pathophysiology, and treatments - James C Watson
29 Spinal cord injury - Philip J Siddall and Paul J Wrigley
30 Chronic pain after surgery - William Macrae and Julie Bruce
31 Postamputation pain - Lone Nikolajsen and Signe Koch
32 Herpes zoster pain including shingles and postherpetic neuralgia - Robert W Johnson
33 Management of painful spasticity - Barry Rawicki
34 Headache - Peer Tfelt-Hansen and Rigmor Jensen
35 Facial pain - Peter Svensson and Lene Baad-Hansen
36 Neck pain and whiplash - Nikolai Bogduk
37 Chronic back pain - Randy A Shelerud
38 Chronic joint pain - Tanya Baqai, Ali Jawad and Bruce Kidd
39 Therapies for chronic chest pain - Ivan N Ramos-Galvez and Glyn R Towlerton
40 Chronic abdominal, groin and perineal pain of visceral origin - Timothy J Ness
41 Chronic pelvic pain - Andrea J Rapkin and Monica Lee
42 Fibromyalgia and myofascial pain: mechanisms to management - Serena F Carville and Ernest H Choy
43 Psychiatric diagnosis and chronic pain - Stephen P Tyrer
44 Chronic pain in children - Navil F Sethna, Alyssa Lebel and Lisa Scharff
45 Principles of chronic pain therapy in elderly patients - John Hughes and Chris Dodds
46 Pain management and substance misuse - Cathy Stannard

About the Author

Peter R Wilson, Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine,MayoGraduateSchool of Medicine,Rochester,USA Paul J Watson, Professor of Pain Management and Rehabilitation, Department of Health Sciences, Academic Unit, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK Jennifer A Haythornthwaite, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, JohnsHopkins Medical Institutions,Baltimore,USA Troels S Jensen, Professor, Experimental and Clinical Pain Research, Department of Neurology andDanishPainResearchCenter,Aarhus University,Denmark