Academic Press Spinal Cord Injury Pain

Spinal Cord Injury Pain presents the basis for preclinical and clinical investigations, along with strategies for new approaches in the treatment of central neuropathic pain. Contributors from the private sector and academia provide a comprehensive review of state-of-the-art research in this challenging space. Topics include Epidemiology of Chronic Pain Following SCI, experimental models and mechanisms of chronic pain in SCI, and new targets and technologies. This book serves as a resource for continued translational research that will result in novel approaches and treatments that improve function and quality of life for individuals with CNP/SCI. Despite a better understanding of the complexity of mechanisms of CNP/SCI, improved medical and surgical management of SCI, and the subsequent acceleration of the identification of new targets and the development of novel analgesics, there is still a great unmet clinical need in the area of CNP following SCI. Hence, this book is a welcomed addition to current research and developments. Review A comprehensive reference on preclinical and clinical investigations and strategies surrounding new approaches for the treatment of spinal cord injury pain From the Back Cover Pain, particularly central neuropathic pain (CNP) following Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is a significant clinical problem. Despite a better understanding of the complexity of mechanisms of CNP/SCI, improved medical and surgical management of SCI, and the subsequent acceleration of the identification of new targets and the development of novel analgesics, there is still a great unmet clinical need in the area of CNP following SCI. Spinal Cord Injury Pain presents the basis for preclinical and clinical investigations as well as strategies for new approaches for the treatment of central neuropathic pain. Contributors are from the private sector as well as academia, providing a comprehensive review of the state of the art of research in this challenging space. Topics include Epidemiology of Chronic Pain Following SCI, experimental models and mechanisms of chronic pain in SCI, and new targets and technologies. This book serves as a resource for continued translational research that will result in novel approaches and treatments to improve function and the qualities of life of individuals with CNP/SCI. About the Author Christine Sang, MD, MPH is Associate Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Sang served as Associate Medical Director of the Pain Research Clinic at the NIH, Director of the Clinical Trials Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital Pain Center, and is currently the Director of the Translational Pain Research Program at the Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH). She has served on several committees including the American Pain Society (as director-at-large), American Society of Anesthesiologists (as a member of the chronic pain analgesic guidelines committee), American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (as a member of the chronic pain practice guidelines committee), the National Spinal Cord Injury Association/United Spinal Association (as founding chairman of its Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee), North American Clinical Trial Network Neurological Outcomes Assessment Task Force, the Rick Hansen Institute (as director), the Healthcare Institute for National Renewal and Innovation (director), and several local advisory committees including the NIH-funded Harvard University Catalyst, the BWH Clinical Investigation Advisory Committee, the BWH Translational Accelerator Advisory Committee, and the BWH Research Management Task Force. Dr. Sang has specific expertise in the development of innovative clinical trial strategies to accelerate the clinical development of novel analgesics. These include new clinical trial methodologies (in Phase 1a/First-in-Human through to Phase 2a clinical trials) and the discovery of potenti