Manual Medicine - Pain: 2008

Pain

"Potentially injury-causing stimuli (noxious stimuli) are detected by specialized nerves that are found in the skin, muscle and viscera. These damage-sensing neurons, nociceptors, respond to tissue damage and can cause a sensation of pain when they are activated.

Tissue damage is detected by sensory neurons that relay messages to the central nervous system. A torrent of information is emerging about the molecular control of these cells, and is opening exciting new opportunities for pharmaceutical development."
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The following is a brief list of resources that may have application for clinicians practicing Manual Medicine.

Neuromatrix Theory of Pain

Man Ther. 2003 Aug;8(3):130-40.
A pain neuromatrix approach to patients with chronic pain.
Adv Psychosom Med. 2004;25:78-88.Neurobiology of pain.
Clin J Pain. 2004 Nov-Dec;20(6):469-76.Evidence, mechanisms, and clinical implications of central hypersensitivity in chronic pain after whiplash injury.
Brain. 1998 Sep;121 ( Pt 9):1603-30.The perception of phantom limbs. The D. O. Hebb lecture.

Ronald Melzack - Papers
J Dent Educ. 2001 Dec;65(12):1378-82.Pain and the neuromatrix in the brain.
Pain Pract. 2005 Jun;5(2):85-94.Evolution of the neuromatrix theory of pain. The Prithvi Raj Lecture: presented at the third World Congress of World Institute of Pain, Barcelona 2004.
Anesthesiology. 2005 Jul;103(1):199-202.The McGill pain questionnaire: from description to measurement.
Pain. 1999 Aug;Suppl 6:S121-6.From the gate to the neuromatrix.
Can J Exp Psychol. 1993 Dec;47(4):615-29.Pain: past, present and future.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2001 Mar;933:157-74.Central neuroplasticity and pathological pain.
Patol Fiziol Eksp Ter. 1992 Jul-Aug;(4):52-4.Phantom limb pain.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

October 2008

Spine. 2008 Oct 15;33(22):E843-8.
Education of patients after whiplash injury: is oral advice any better than a pamphlet?
Psychosom Med. 2008 Oct;70(8):890-7.Association of depression and anxiety alone and in combination with chronic musculoskeletal pain in primary care patients.
Pain. 2008 Sep 9.
A randomized trial of behavioral physical therapy interventions for acute and sub-acute low back pain

Monday, September 22, 2008

September 2008

Ronald Melzack, Ph.D.
- Pain and the Neuromatrix in the Brain
- Evolution of Pain Theories and the Neuromatrix

Monday, July 7, 2008

July 2008

Microsurgery. 2008 Jun 16.
Facial pain and headache associated with brachial plexus compression in the thoracic inlet.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2008 Jul;87(7):527-36.
Withdrawal of analgesic medication for chronic low-back pain patients: improvement in outcomes of multidisciplinary rehabilitation regardless of surgical history.
Pain Physician. 2008 May-Jun;11(3):271-89.
Review of occupational medicine practice guidelines for interventional pain management and potential implications.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

June 2008

Spine. 2008 May 20;33(12):1372-7.
Differences in low back pain behavior are reflected in the cerebral response to tactile stimulation of the lower back.
Int J Epidemiol. 2008 May 29. [Epub ahead of print]
Cultural differences in musculoskeletal symptoms and disability.
J Gen Intern Med. 2008 May 1. [Epub ahead of print]
Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Pain and Statin Use.
Int J Rehabil Res. 2008 Jun;31(2):165-9.
Reliability and validity of the visual analogue scale for disability in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

February 2008

Clin J Pain. 2008 Jan;24(1):22-9.
Accepting low back pain: is it related to a good quality of life?

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