Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- General abbreviations
- Basic science abbreviations
- PART 1 BASIC SCIENCE
- PART 2 PAIN ASSESSMENT
- Section 2a Pain measurement
- Section 2b Diagnostic strategies
- PART 3 PAIN IN THE CLINICAL SETTING
- Section 3a Clinical presentations
- Section 3b Pain syndromes
- 19 Myofascial/musculoskeletal pain
- 20 Neuropathic pain
- 21 Visceral nociception and pain
- 22 The management of low back pain
- 23 Cancer pain
- 24 Post-operative pain
- 25 Complex regional pain syndrome
- 26 Uncommon pain syndromes
- 27 Pain in children
- 28 Pain in the elderly
- 29 Gender and pain
- PART 4 THE ROLE OF EVIDENCE IN PAIN MANAGEMENT
- PART 5 TREATMENT OF PAIN
- Section 5a General Principles
- Section 5b Physical treatments
- Section 5c Pharmacology
- Section 5d Psychosocial
- PART 6 SUMMARIES
- Glossary
- Index
29 - Gender and pain
from Section 3b - Pain syndromes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- General abbreviations
- Basic science abbreviations
- PART 1 BASIC SCIENCE
- PART 2 PAIN ASSESSMENT
- Section 2a Pain measurement
- Section 2b Diagnostic strategies
- PART 3 PAIN IN THE CLINICAL SETTING
- Section 3a Clinical presentations
- Section 3b Pain syndromes
- 19 Myofascial/musculoskeletal pain
- 20 Neuropathic pain
- 21 Visceral nociception and pain
- 22 The management of low back pain
- 23 Cancer pain
- 24 Post-operative pain
- 25 Complex regional pain syndrome
- 26 Uncommon pain syndromes
- 27 Pain in children
- 28 Pain in the elderly
- 29 Gender and pain
- PART 4 THE ROLE OF EVIDENCE IN PAIN MANAGEMENT
- PART 5 TREATMENT OF PAIN
- Section 5a General Principles
- Section 5b Physical treatments
- Section 5c Pharmacology
- Section 5d Psychosocial
- PART 6 SUMMARIES
- Glossary
- Index
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- Type
- Chapter
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- Core Topics in Pain , pp. 195 - 200Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005