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1 online resource. |
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text file |
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Disability Studies
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Disability Studies.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Ricardo A. Cruciani, Helena Knotkova, and Joav Merrick -- Introduction to electrotherapy technology / Marom Bikson ... [and others] -- Brain changes related to chronic pain / Herta Flor -- Brain stimulation for the treatment of pain / Soroush Zaghi, Nikolas Heine, and Felipe Fregni -- Deep brain stimulation for chronic pain / Morten L. Kringelbach ... [and others] -- Invasive treatment of chronic neuropathic pain syndromes : epidural stimulation of the motor cortex / Dirk Rasche and Volker M. Tronnier -- Brain stimulation in the management of postoperative pain / Jeffrey J. Borckardt, Scott Reeves, and Mark S. George -- Electrical stimulation of primary motor cortex for intractable neuropathic deafferentation pain / Youichi Saitoh -- Principles and mechanisms of transcranial magnetic stimulation / Monica A. Perez and Leonardo G. Cohen -- Principle and mechanisms of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) / Andrea Antal, Walter Paulus, and Michael A. Nitsche -- Non-invasive brain stimulation therapy for the management of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) / Helena Knotkova ... [and others] -- Non-invasive brain stimulation approaches to fibromyalgia pain / Baron Short ... [and others] -- Safety of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in protocols involving human subjects / Arun Sundaram ... [and others]. |
| Summary |
Recent research suggests that chronic pain affects as many as three percent of the worldwide population and there is evidence that chronic pain patients are twice as likely to commit suicide compared with the healthy population. It should also be remembered that the lifetime prevalence of suicide attempts in the chronic pain population is about ten percent. Although various innovative pharmacological preparations and formulas have been implemented into clinical practice in recent years, chronic pain in many patients has not been successfully maintained at an acceptable level, thus not allowing the patients to resume their life activities. Despite remarkable advances in pain management, chronic pain remains undertreated, depicting the need for new therapeutic approaches to chronic pain. |
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Findings collected in the past decade open exciting perspectives for clinical application of brain stimulation techniques in pain management, at least for selected populations of patients suffering chronic pain resistant to conventional therapy. Beyond this therapeutic purpose, both invasive and nonivasive brain stimulation approaches can help to further explore the relationship between cortical plasticity and pain. This book presents the latest findings. --Book Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Chronic pain -- Treatment.
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Chronic pain -- Treatment. |
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Brain stimulation -- Therapeutic use.
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Brain stimulation -- Therapeutic use. |
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Brain stimulation. |
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Analgesia.
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Analgesia. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Knotkova, Helena.
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Cruciani, Ricardo.
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Merrick, Joav, 1950-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pain New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2010] 160876690X (hardcover) (DLC) 2009044330 |
| ISBN |
9781614704959 ebook |
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1614704953 |
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160876690X hardcover |
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9781608766901 hardcover |
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