Annals ofPain & Inflammation

Volume: 1 - Number: 1 - June 15, 2004

Outstanding

The growing pains of biodefense

Systematic review of topical capsaicin for the treatment of chronic pain

Effectiveness of dynamic muscle training, relaxation training, or ordinary activity for chronic neck pain: randomised controlled trial

Plantar Fasciitis

Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital

Case 17-2004 — A 42-Year-Old Woman with Cardiac Arrest Several Weeks after an Ankle Fracture

Case 16-2004 — A 76-Year-Old Woman with Numbness and Pain in the Feet and Legs

Case 15-2004 — A 31-Year-Old Man with Bilateral Testicular Enlargement

Case 12-2004 — A 38-Year-Old Woman with Acute Onset of Pain in the Chest

Clinical Practice

Plantar Fasciitis

Genital Herpes

Corrections

Why do children have chronic abdominal pain, and what happens to them when they grow up? Population based cohort study

Editorial

Laparoscopic Resection for Colon Cancer — The End of the Beginning?

Mesh Repair of Inguinal Hernias — Redux

Managing chronic pain in children and adolescents

Images in clinical medicine

Unusual Cystitis

Papilledema and Spinal Cord Tumor

Stretch Brachial Plexopathy

Intraabdominal Abscess after Acupuncture

Letters

Chronic low back pain: Patient had chronic rather than acute pain

Managing chronic pain in children and adolescents: Effective responses are possible with non-evidence based clinical practice

Managing chronic pain in children and adolescents: Tethered cord syndrome should be considered

Managing chronic pain in children and adolescents: Procedural sedation should be considered

Chronic low back pain: More relevant guidelines have been published

Novelties

The growing pains of biodefense

Deletion of vanilloid receptor 1_expressing primary afferent neurons for pain control

Exhibition aids dialogue between doctors and patients with chronic pain

Original Articles

Diastolic Heart Failure — Abnormalities in Active Relaxation and Passive Stiffness of the Left Ventricle

Open Mesh versus Laparoscopic Mesh Repair of Inguinal Hernia

Effectiveness of dynamic muscle training, relaxation training, or ordinary activity for chronic neck pain: randomised controlled trial

Perspectives

Torment

Retrospective: Dying and Decision Making — Evolution of End-of-Life Options

Primary Care

Systematic review of efficacy of topical rubefacients containing salicylates for the treatment of acute and chronic pain

Systematic review of topical capsaicin for the treatment of chronic pain

10-minute consultation: Chronic low back pain

Reviews

Drug Therapy: New Drugs for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Medical Progress: Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndromes

Current Concepts: Fibromuscular Dysplasia

Medical Progress: Pediatric Palliative Care

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