Table of Contents
Pain 2014 Refresher Courses: 15th World Congress on Pain
- Pain 2014 Refresher Courses: 15th World Congress on Pain I1
- Foreword vii8
- Part I: The Neurobiology of Acute and Persistent Pain 110
- Part II: Neuroimmune Interactions 3140
- Part III: Pain Genes: A Course for Non-Geneticists 5160
- Part IV: Psychological Treatments for Chronic Pain 7180
- Part V: Cancer Pain Update: From Mechanisms to Treatment 8594
- Part VI: Persistent Postsurgical Pain: Pathogenic Mechanisms and Preventive Strategies 111120
- Part VII: Headache and Craniofacial Pain: Update on Mechanisms and Management 125134
- Part VIII: The Basic Science and Management of Fibromyalgia and Low Back Pain in the Context of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain 151160
- Chapter 14: Basic Mechanisms and Assessment of Musculoskeletal Pain 153162
- Chapter 15: Diagnosing and Treating Chronic Pain on the Basis of the Underlying Mechanisms: Fibromyalgia, Osteoarthritis, and Chronic Low Back Pain as Models 163172
- Chapter 16: Psychological Factors in Musculoskeletal Pain: Mechanisms, Assessment, and Intervention 177186
- Part IX: Underlying Mechanisms of Neuropathic Pain 185194
- Part X: Assessment of Neuropathic Pain 199208
- Chapter 18: Clinical Examination of a Patient with Possible Neuropathic Pain 201210
- Chapter 19: Quantitative Sensory Testing and Confocal Corneal Microscopy: Indications, Methodology, Interpretation, and Pitfalls 207216
- Chapter 20: Laboratory Tools and their Relevance for Assessing Patients with Neuropathic Pain 217226
- Part XI: Treatment of Neuropathic Pain 223232
- Part XII: Update on the Management and Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 257266
- Part XIII: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Persistent Abdominopelvic Pain 273282
- Part XIV: Treating Pain in Children: Clinical Practice, Recent Advances, and Current Debates 315324
- Part XV: Pain in Older Adults 339348
- Part XVI: Rational Opioid Therapy for Cancer and Noncancer Pain 373382
- Chapter 33: Adaptations to Continuous Opioid Use: The Role of Tolerance, Dependence, and Memory 375384
- Chapter 34: Update on Opioid Switching and Methadone Safety 381390
- Chapter 35: Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain, Prescription Drug Abuse, and Emerging Practice Standards and Regulation in the United States 387396
- Part XVII: Interventional Therapies for Chronic Pain: Indications and Efficacy 391400
- Part XVIII: Pain Neurobiology for Clinicians 405414
- Chapter 39: Neurobiology of Nociceptors 407416
- Chapter 40: Brain Network Dysfunctions as Substrates of Pain Disorders: Translational Impact of Animal Studies 419428
- Chapter 41: Neurobiological Mechanisms of Central Sensitization: Spinal Circuits, Brainstem Regulation, and Translational Issues 431440
- Part XIX: Neuropathic Pain: Pathophysiology and Treatment 437446
- Index 477486