Spinal cord injury pain : assessment, mechanisms, management / editors, Robert P. Yezierski, Kim J. Burchiel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Association for the Study of Pain. Research Symposium (3rd : 2001 : Phoenix, Ariz.)

Contributor:

Yezierski, Robert P., 1949-

Burchiel, Kim.

Series:

Progress in pain research and management ; v. 23.

Progress in pain research and management ; v. 23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries--Congresses.

Spinal cord.

Pain--Etiology--Congresses.

Pain.

Pain--etiology.

Pain--Etiology.

Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries.

Pain Management.

Spinal Cord Injuries--complications.

Medical Subjects:

Pain--etiology.

Pain Management.

Spinal Cord Injuries--complications.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xix, 443 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : IASP Press, 2002.

Contents:

Part I Clinical Characteristics and Assessment

1. Pain after Spinal Cord Injury / John D. Loeser 3

2. Taxonomy and Epidemiology of Spinal Cord Injury Pain / Philip J. Siddall, Robert P. Yezierski, John D. Loeser 9

3. Classification of Spinal Cord Injury Pain: Literature Review and Future Directions / Bret L. Hicken, John D. Putzke, J. Scott Richards 25

4. Assessment of Pain and Sensory Abnormalities in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury / Ellen Jorum 39

5. Evaluation of Clinical Characteristics of Pain and Psychosocial Factors after Spinal Cord Injury / Eva G. Widerstrom-Noga 53

Part II Experimental Studies

6. Possible Mechanisms of Central Neuropathic Pain / William D. Willis 85

7. Pathophysiology and Animal Models of Spinal Cord Injury Pain / Robert P. Yezierski 117

8. Assessment of Pain Sensitivity in Dermatomes Caudal to Spinal Cord Injury in Rats / Charles J. Vierck, Jr., Alan R. Light 137

9. Mechanisms of Increased Pain Sensitivity within Dermatomes Remote from an Injured Segment of the Spinal Cord / Charles J. Vierck, Jr., Richard L. Cannon, Kristin A. Stevens, Antonio J. Acosta-Rua, Edward D. Wirth III 155

10. Physiological and Pharmacological Characterization of a Rat Model of Spinal Cord Injury Pain after Spinal Ischemia / Xiao-Jun Xu, Jin-Xia Hao, Zsuzsanna Wiesenfeld-Hallin 175

11. Pharmacology of Chronic Pain after Spinal Cord Injury: Novel Acute and Chronic Intervention Strategies / Claire E. Hulsebosch 189

12. Plasticity in Supraspinal Viscerosomatic Convergent Neurons following Chronic Spinal Cord Injury / Richard D. Johnson, Charles H. Hubscher 205

13. Microelectrode Studies of the Thalamus in Patients with Central Pain and in Control Patients with Movement Disorders / Shinji Ohara, Ira Garonzik, Sherwin Hua, Frederick A. Lenz 219

14. New and Old Thoughts on the Mechanisms of Spinal Cord Injury Pain / A.D. (Bud) Craig 237

Part III Imaging

15. Understanding Central Pain: New Insights from Forebrain Imaging Studies of Patients and of Animals with Central Lesions / Thomas J. Morrow, Kenneth L. Casey 265

16. Cortical Pathophysiology of Neuropathic Pain: Human Brain Imaging Studies and Theories of Neuropathic Pain / A. Vania Apkarian 281

17. Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy following Spinal Cord Injury: Evaluation of Patients with Chronic Neuropathic Pain / Pradip M. Pattany, Eva G. Widerstrom-Noga, Brian C. Bowen, Alberto Martinez-Arizala, Bernardo R. Garcia, Ernesto Cuevo, Robert M. Quencer, Robert P. Yezierski 301

18. Correlation of MRI Findings with Spinal Cord Injury Pain following Neural Tissue Grafting into Patients with Post-Traumatic Syringomyelia / Edward D. Wirth III, Charles J. Vierck, Jr., Paul J. Reier, Richard G. Fessler, Douglas K. Anderson 313

Part IV Treatment

19. Clinical Trials for Spinal Cord Injury Pain / Jennifer A. Haythornthwaite, Stephen Wegener 333

20. Pharmacological Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury Pain / Nanna B. Finnerup, Inger L. Johannesen, Soren H. Sindrup, Flemming W. Bach, Troels S. Jensen 341

21. Spinal Drug Administration in the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury Pain / Philip J. Siddall 353

22. Glutamate Receptor Antagonists in Central Neuropathic Pain following Spinal Cord Injury / Christine N. Sang 365

23. Examples of the Use of Gabapentin in the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury Pain / Timothy J. Ness, John D. Putzke, Hong-Gang Liu, James M. Mountz 379

24. Topiramate in the Management of Spinal Cord Injury Pain: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study / R. Norman Harden, Ephraim Brenman, Samuel Saltz, Timothy T. Houle 393

25. Dorsal Root Entry Zone Coagulation in the Management of Spinal Cord Injury Pain / John P. Gorecki 409

Part V The Future

26. Future Directions for the Study and Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury Pain / Robert P. Yezierski, Kim J. Burchiel 421.

Notes:

Proceedings of the 3rd IASP Research Symposium held April 16-19, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0931092434

OCLC:

49375170