SECTION 1 - CLINICAL PAIN STATES<br>Soft tissue, joints and bones<br><br>Acute and postoperative pain <br>Michael Cousins, Ian Power<br>Osteoarthritis<br>Paul Creamer<br>Rheumatoid arthritis<br>Malcolm I V Jayson<br>Muscles, tendons and ligaments<br>Dianne J Newham, Kerry R Mills<br>Chronic back pain<br>Donlin M Long<br>Upper extremity pain<br>Anders E Sola<br>Fibromyalgia<br>Robert M Bennett<br><br>Deep and visceral pain<br><br>Abdominal pain<br>Laurence M Blendis <br>Heart, vascular and haemopathic pain<br>Paolo Procacci, Massimo Zoggi, Marco Maresca<br>Chronic pelvic pain<br>Andrea J Rapkin<br>Obstetric pain<br>John S McDonald<br>Genitourinary pain<br>Ursula Wesselmann, Arthur L Burnett<br><br>Head<br><br>Orofacial pain<br>Yair Sharav<br>Trigeminal, eye and ear pain<br>Joanna M Zakrozwska<br>Headache<br>Jean Schoenen, Peter S Sándor<br><br>Nerve and root damage<br><br>Phantom pain and other phenomena after amputation<br>Troels Scaehelin Jensen, Lone Nikolajsen<br>Peripheral neuropathies<br>J W Scadding<br>Complex regional pain syndrome<br>J W Scadding<br>Nerve root disorders and arachnoiditis<br>David Dubuisson<br><br>Central nervous system<br><br>Central pain<br>Jörgen Boivie<br>Spinal cord injury<br>Aleksander Beric<br>Pain and psychological medicine<br>Harold Merskey<br><br>SECTION 2 - THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES<br>Pharmacology<br><br>Antipyretic (non-narcotic) analgesics<br>Kay Brune, Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer<br>Psychotropic drugs<br>Richard Monks, Harold Merskey<br>Opioids<br>Robert G Twycross<br>Local anaesthetics and epidurals<br>H J McQuay, RA Moore<br>Atypical analgesic drugs and sympathetic blockers<br>R Munglani, R G Hill<br><br>Surgery<br><br>Disc surgery<br>Erik Spangfort<br>Orthopaedic surgery<br>Robert F McLain, James N Weinstein<br>Central neurosurgery<br>Jan M Gybels, Ron R Tasker<br><br>Stimulation<br><br>Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, vibration and acupuncture as <br>pain-relieving measures<br>Per Hansson, Thomas Lundeberg<br>Spinal cord and brain stimulation<br>Brian A Simpson<br><br>Physical therapies<br><br>Ultrasound, shortwave, microwave, laser, superficial heat and cold in the <br>treatment of pain<br>Justus F Lehmann, Barbara J de Lateur<br>Mobilization, manipulation, massage and exercise for the relief of <br>musculoskeletal pain<br>Scott Haldeman, Paul D Hooper<br><br>Psychological therapies<br><br>The placebo and the placebo response<br>Patrick D Wall<br>Relaxation and biofeedback<br>Barton A Jessup, Xochitl Gallegos<br>Hypnosis<br>Nicholas P Spanos, Sharon J Carmanico, Jacqueline A Ellis<br>A cognitive-behavioral approach to pain management<br>Dennis C Turk, Akiko Okifuji<br>Behavioral therapy<br>Francis J Keefe, John C Lefebvre<br>Prevention of disability due to chronic musculoskeletal pain<br>Steven James Linton<br><br>SECTION 3 - SPECIAL PROBLEMS OF ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT<br>Age and sex difference<br><br>Pain in children<br>Charles B Berde, Bruce Masek<br>Pain in the elderly<br>Lucia Gagliese, Joel Katz, Ronald Melzack<br>Sex and gender differences in pain<br>Karen J Berkley, Anita Holdcroft<br><br>Neuropathic and burn pain<br><br>Peripheral neuropathic pain: an approach to management<br>Howard L Fields, Ralf Baron, Michael C Rowbotham<br>Pain of burns<br>Manon Choinière<br><br>Cancer pain<br><br>Cancer pain: principles of assessment and syndromes<br>Nathan I Cherny, Russell K Portenoy<br>Practical issues in the management of cancer pain<br>Nathan I Cherny, Russell K Portenoy<br>Cancer pain and palliative care in children<br>Charles B Berde, John J Collins<br>Cancer: psychiatric and ethical issues<br>William Breithart, Steven D Passik, Barry D Rosenfeld<br>Pain and impending death<br>Cicely M Saunders, Michael Platt
