Contributors, vii

Preface, ix

1 Epidemiology of Chronic Pain, 1
Blair H Smith and Nicola Torrance

2 Pain Mechanisms, 5
Carole Torsney and Susan Fleetwood-Walker

3 Evaluation of the Patient in Pain, 11
Dennis C Turk and Kimberly S Swanson

4 Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain, 16
Paul Dieppe

5 Management of Low Back Pain, 20
James Campbell and Lesley A Colvin

6 Neuropathic Pain, 25
Lesley A Colvin and Suzanne Carty

7 Visceral Pain, 31
James Maybin and Michael G Serpell

8 Post-surgical Pain, 37
Susan Nimmo and Lesley Dickson

9 Headache and Orofacial Pain, 42
Anne MacGregor and Joanna M Zakrzewska

10 Cancer Pain, 48
Marie Fallon

11 Treating Pain in Patients with Drug-dependence Problems, 54
Jane C Ballantyne

12 Pain in Children, 60
Suellen M Walker

13 Pain in Older Adults, 65
Debra K Weiner

14 Pain in Pregnancy, 69
George R Harrison

15 Psychological Aspects of Chronic Pain, 73
David Gillanders

16 Interventional Procedures in Pain Management, 79
Dominic Hegarty and Damian Murphy

17 The Role of Physiotherapy in Pain Management, 86
Paul J Watson

18 The Role of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) in Pain Management, 91
Mark I Johnson

19 Complementary and Alternative Strategies, 99
Margaret Cullen and Fiona MacPherson

20 Opioids in Chronic Non-malignant Pain, 103
Eija Kalso

Index, 109