Chapter
CNS SENSITIZATION AND INFLAMMATION
GLUTAMATE AND NMDA RECEPTOR-MEDIATED SENSITIZATION
GLIAL-NEURONAL INTERACTIONS
SYMPATHETIC AFFERENT COUPLING ISSUES
ARCHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM
Chapter 3:
MOLECULAR PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
AND THE ROLE OF TNF IN
THE NEURO-INFLAMMATORY REFLEX
PRO-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES
IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION - AUTOANTIBODIES
MOLECULAR PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
CRPS AND THE NEURO-INFLAMMATORY REFLEX
INFLAMMATORY-TO-NEURAL COMMUNICATION
SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
ANTIDEPRESSANTS, ANTICONVULSANTS,
AND ADRENERGIC AGENTS
SPECIFIC ANTI-TNF MOLECULES
Chapter 4: DIAGNOSTICS AND EXPERIMENTAL DIAGNOSTIC STRATEGIES
CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS OF COMPLEX REGIONAL
PAIN SYNDROME
QUANTIFYING CRPS SEVERITY
ANCILLARY TESTING FOR CRPS
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING
Chapter 5:
MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL MANAGEMENT
NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS (NSAIDS)
Chapter 6:
INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES
AND NEUROMODULATION
PERCUTANEOUS SYMPATHETIC BLOCKADE
SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE REGARDING SYMPATHETIC BLOCKADE
INTRAVENOUS REGIONAL BLOCK
SOMATIC AND CENTRAL NEURAXIAL BLOCKS
SPINAL CORD STIMULATION (SCS)
PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATION (PNS)
IMPLANTABLE INTRATHECAL PUMPS
DORSAL ROOT ENTRY ZONE (DREZ)
DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION (DBS)
MOTOR CORTEX STIMULATION (MCS)
REPETITIVE TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (RTMS)
DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION (DCS)
COMPLICATIONS OF INTERVENTIONS
COMPLICATIONS AFTER ABLATIVE PROCEDURES
COMPLICATIONS AFTER EPIDURAL INFUSIONS
COMPLICATIONS AFTER IT INFUSIONS
COMPLICATIONS OF BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCK
Chapter 7:
PHYSICAL THERAPY AND FUNCTIONAL
REHABILITATION
STANDARD PHYSICAL AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY:
THE ROLE OF EXERCISE
COMPLICATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TREATMENT
GRADED MOTOR IMAGERY, MIRROR THERAPY, AND FUNCTIONAL
IMAGING: COMBATING DISTORTED BODY PERCEPTIONS AT
A NEURONAL AND BEHAVIORAL LEVEL
COMPLICATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TREATMENT
PAIN EXPOSURE PHYSICAL THERAPY, COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL
THERAPY, AND AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
COMPLICATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR TREATMENT
Chapter 8:
COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
MECHANISMS UNDERLYING ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA
CLINICAL EVIDENCE FOR THE USE OF ACUPUNCTURE
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY
Chapter 9:
FUTURE RESEARCH AND ADVANCES
IN TECHNOLOGY
SURGICALLY IMPLANTED SUPRASPINAL STIMULATORS
DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION (DBS)
TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION
PHARMACEUTICAL OPTIMIZATION:
REFINING AND EXPANDING CURRENT EVIDENCE
PHARMACEUTICAL OPTIMIZATION:
REFINING AND EXPANDING CURRENT EVIDENCE
APPENDIX: SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
CRPS AFTER FOOT AND ANKLE SURGERY
MEDICO-LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS