Pain: Best Practice & Research Compendium

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This prestigious text offers the most up-to-date advice on the assessment and treatment of pain. Derived from the highly acclaimed journals Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology and Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology, this fully updated volume discusses the basic principles of pain, its diagnosis, the recognition of 'red' flags indicating a greater risk of serious causes and 'yellow' flags indicating a greater risk of developing more chronic pain, and the evidence-based management of a variety of conditions. Illustrated throughout, the book draws upon the expertise of some of the World's leading experts in the field, providing a publication that gives a truly international perspective to the management of pain.Full reference to the latest clinical researchNew chapters on limb pain and Science and psychology of painCochrane Reviews, when relevantboxed and bulleted Research Agenda and Practice PointsReference to national and international guidelines

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1 Introduction 1 Bridging the gap between pain management as a speciality and rheumatology Harald Breivik and Michael Shipley 2 Science & psychology of pain 2 Science and psychology of pain Johan W.S. Vlaeyen, Geert Crombez and Liesbet Goubert 3 What are the mechanisms of chronic pain? Bruce L. Kidd 3 Assessment 4 Assessment of pain in patients with rheumatic diseases Tuulikki Sokka 5 Assessment of neuropathic pain Ellen Jorum 6 Diagnostic nerve blocks in chronic pain Nikolai Bogduk 4 Spinal Pain 7 Neck pain Robert Ferrari and Anthony S. Russell 8 Low back pain Maurits van Tulder, Bart Koes and Claire Bombardier Low back pain from a clinical point of view Aage Indahl 9 Self-care techniques for acute episodes of low back pain Sherri Weiser, Marco A. Campello, Margareta Nordin and Markus Pietrek 10 Advances with analgesics and NSAIDs for the treatment of spinal disorders J. A. Desmeules, V. Rollason, C. Cedraschi, V. Piguet, A.-F. Allaz and Pierre Dayer 11 The contribution of psychosocial factors to long-term disability and work loss Amanda C de C Williams and Nicholas Kendall