Pain Management Yearbook 2008

Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc, (Medical Director, Health Services, Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Adolescent Medicine, KY Childrens Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Lexington, Kentucky, US; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centers, Mt Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, Israel; School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, US)

Introduction; Life mission theory VIII: A theory for pain; Pain and pleasure in sexuality. An analysis for use in clinical holistic medicine; Patellofemoral pain syndrome; Paracetamol use in the elderly; Insensitivity of lymphocytes of patients with neuropathic pain conditions to K+ channel blockers; A comparison of caudal and lumbar epidural steroid injections in the management of radicular mechanical lower back pain; A study of experienced chronic pain in the holistic medicine clinic using mindful psychodynamic short time psychotherapy complemented with bodywork; An investigation of the repeatability of the Multidimensional Affect and Pain Survey (MAPS) for neck and back pain; Gender differences in the emotional response to cognitive behavioral group therapy for chronic musculoskeletal pain; Beyond traditional cognitive-behavioral therapy: Novel psychological and alternative approaches to pediatric pain; Use of topical NSAIDs in acute musculoskeletal sports injury: A brief review; Guidelines for the treatment of sickle cell disease related pain in hospitalized children; Just be in pain and just move on: Functioning limitations and strategies in the lives of children with chronic pain; Analgetics during pregnancy. Long term effect on child quality of life. Results from the Copenhagen Perinatal Birth Cohort 1959-61; The role of coping and race in healthy childrens experimental pain responses; Self-identified needs of youth with chronic pain; Effects of patient controlled analgesia hydromorphone during acute painful episodes in adolescents with sickle cell disease. A pilot study; Analgesic response to morphine in children with sickle cell disease. A pilot study; Long term effect of maternal psychopharmacological drugs during pregnancy on child quality of life. Results from the Copenhagen Perinatal Birth Cohort 1959-61; Cortical reorganization in the complex regional pain syndrome; Using music to interrupt the cycle of chronic pain; Pain assessment in older adults; Quadriceps weakness and arthrogenous muscle inhibition in osteoarthritic knee pain: A review; Parent-child pain relationships from a psychosocial perspective: A review of the literature; A bio-ecological approach to pediatric pain assessment; Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS): A novel strategy to alleviate neuropathic pain; Continuous epidural infusion prolongs postoperative analgesia in patients undergoing joint arthroplasty.; Male and female experiences of low back pain; Function of potassium channels in blood mononuclear cells of patients with fibromyalgia; Psychological processes in chronic pain: A structural model; An open prospective study of coping factor dimensions and psychophysical health in patients undergoing a cognitive-behavioural group pain management programme for chronic pain(Karen LeMarchand and Jon H Raphael); Functional recovery of a patient with complex regional pain syndrome in an inpatient painn rehabilitation program. A case report; Musculoskeletal pain and risk for falls in older adults?; The role of family caregivers in pain management in patients with dementia; Older womens assessment and management of chronic pain in their daily lives; The Rotterdam Elderly Pain Observation Scale (REPOS): A new behavioral pain scale for non-communicative adults and cognitively impaired elderly persons; Evaluation of a pilot project for implementation of REPOS in daily practice; Pain management for residents with severe dementia in Australian residential care facilities: Policies, practices and pain scales; A comparison of patient-initiated versus conventional follow-up for rheumatoid arthritis; A novel and effective treatment modality for medically unexplained symptoms.