Comprehensive Pain Management in the Rehabilitation Patient

Description

Written in a succinct format, this book presents a variety of pain conditions seen in acute or sub-acute rehabilitation hospitals and in outpatient clinical settings. Bio-medical and bio-psychosocial perspectives, as well as theory, clinical practice, and practical aspects of managing pain are offered throughout this volume.  Chapters are organized by sections, beginning with an introduction to pain as well use of the multi-disciplinary treatment approach. Additional sections cover headache management,  pain diagnostics, medication management, rehabilitation, injections and procedures, behavioral management, complementary and alternative medicine, neuromoduation, neuroablation, surgical management of pain, and novel techniques.  Business and legal perspectives of pain medicine are also addressed.

Comprehensive Pain Management in the Rehabilitation Patient is a handy resource for any medical, interventional, surgical, rehabilitative, behavioral, or allied health provider who treats pain across the rehabilitation continuum.

Key Features

• Practical reference to managing pain in the adult rehabilitation patient
• Covers common diagnoses and strategies to control pain and improve functional outcomes
• Concise chapters feature key points and clinical pearls

Table of Contents

1. PAIN IN THE ADULT REHABILITATION SETTING Spinal cord injury rehabilitation
2. Traumatic brain injury rehabilitation
3. Stroke rehabilitation
4. Vascular rehabilitation
5. Neuro-muscular disease rehabilitation
6. Burn rehabilitation
7. Cardiac rehabilitation
8. Pulmonary rehabilitation
9. Cancer rehabilitation
10. MSK/orthopedic joint replacement rehabilitation
11. Degenerative spine rehabilitation
12. Geriatric rehabilitation
13. Headache rehabilitation
14. Addiction rehabilitation
15. ETIOLOGY OF PAIN Nociceptive Pain
16. Neuropathic Pain
17. Deafferentation Pain
18. Central Pain
19. Peripheral Pain
20. Mixed Pain
21. Opioid Induced Hyperalgesia Syndrome
22. NON-SURGICAL TREATMENT Spectrum of Pain Care
23. Physical Therapy
24. Occupational Therapy
25. Orthotics and Prosthetics
26. Vocational Therapy
27. Recreational Therapy
28. Music Therapy
29. Medication Management
30. Alternative Medicine
31. Psychological Management of Pain
32. Interventional Procedures
33. SURGICAL TREATMENT Implantable Therapies
34. Surgical Options
35. EMERGING TECHNOLOGY

Editor Biography

Alexios Carayannopoulos, DO, MPH Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery Director, Comprehensive Spine Center Division Director, Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine Department of Neurosurgery Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Brown University Rhode Island Hospital Providence, RI, 02903 Alexios Carayannopoulos, DO, MPH, is an osteopathic physician who is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation as well as Pain Medicine. He is the medical director of Lahey Hospital & Medical Center’s Spine Center, which specializes in comprehensive spine care including surgical and non-surgical approaches. He completed his residency at Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Mass General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts