Taxonomy and Classification of Chronic Pain Syndromes
Defining Pain The first task of the authors of any taxonomy is to know what they are talking about. Sometimes knowledge is taken for granted. A taxonomy of pain needs…
PAIN MEDICINE
The History of Pain Medicine
History is a distillation of rumor. THOMAS CARLYLE (1795-1881) Management of pain, like management of disease, is as old as the human race. In the view of Christians, the fall…
Groin Pain Etiology: Spine and Back Causes
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 Brian P. Jacob, David C. Chen, Bruce Ramshaw and Shirin Towfigh (eds.)The SAGES Manual of Groin Pain10.1007/978-3-319-21587-7_9 9. Groin Pain Etiology: Spine and Back Causes Charles H. Li1, Victor W. Chang2, Irene Wu3 and Daniel C. Lu1 (1)…
Groin Pain: An Overview of the Broad Differential Diagnosis
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 Brian P. Jacob, David C. Chen, Bruce Ramshaw and Shirin Towfigh (eds.)The SAGES Manual of Groin Pain10.1007/978-3-319-21587-7_5 5. Groin Pain: An Overview of the Broad Differential Diagnosis Charles Ma1 and Archana Ramaswamy1, 2 …
When to Decide on Inpatient Pain Therapy?
Dobe M, Damschen U, Reiffer-Wiesel B, Sauer C, Zernikow B (2006) Three-week multimodal inpatient treatment of children with chronic pain. First results of the long-term follow-up. Schmerz 20(1):51–60PubMedCrossRef Dobe…
Epidemiology of Chronic Pain in Children and Adolescents
Forgeron PA, McGrath P, Stevens B, Evans J, Dick B, Finley GA, Carlson T (2011) Social information processing in adolescents with chronic pain: my friends don’t really understand me….
Sensitization in Humans: Assessment and Pharmacology
Fig. 1 Provoked central sensitization. Central sensitization can be provoked by intradermal injection of capsaicin. The boundary and hence the area of secondary pinprick hyperalgesia can be assessed by von…
Spinal Cord Stimulation
(1) Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK It is the use of electric energy in the vicinity of the spinal cord. The leads are placed in the…
Radiofrequency Treatment
(1) Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK High-frequency electric current has been in use for a long time for treating pain. The nerves are coagulated by passing…
Cervical Radiculopathy
(1) Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK It is the painful involvement of cervical spinal nerve roots. It presents with pain in the neck radiating to the…
