RT Book, Section
A1 Stojanovic, Milan
A2 Warfield, Carol A.
A2 Bajwa, Zahid H.
SR Print(0)
ID 3410193
T1 Chapter 10. Measuring Pain with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
T2 Principles & Practice of Pain Medicine, 2e
YR 2004
FD 2004
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071443494
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3410193
RD 2024/04/20
AB Pain  is  recognized  as  a  sensory  and  emotional  experience  in  humans.  Unfortunately,  there  is  no  objective  test  for  measuring  pain.  This  has  hampered  both  the  clinical  management  and  the  scientific  understanding  of  pain.  In  the  clinical  setting,  physicians  daily  encounter  difficulties  in  diagnosing  chronic  pain  conditions.  The  findings  of  commonly  used  testing  modalities  (magnetic  resonance  imaging  [MRI],  computed  tomography,  electromyography)  are  frequently  normal.  History  and  physical  examination  are  highly  subjective  tests  and  prone  to  examiner  bias.  Complaints  of  chronic  pain  patients  are  frequently  labeled  “psychogenic”  in  origin.  The  majority  of  chronic  pain  patients  suffer  from  depression;  however,  it  is  difficult  to  determine  if  depression  is  a  consequence  of  chronic  pain  or  vice  versa.  Indeed,  emotional  and  pain  brain  networks  share  similar  anatomic  structures.