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Treating nonacute pain in the cancer population [Letter]
Marcus, Norman J
PMID: 17716330
ISSN: 1526-2375
CID: 848702
Response to Weiner and Schmader - Postherpetic pain: More than sensory neuralgia? [Letter]
Marcus N; Mense S
EMBASE:2006216862
ISSN: 1526-2375
CID: 64448
Wise ways to treat pain: drug-free approaches that really work -- but few doctors mention
Marcus N
CINAHL:2009206247
ISSN: 1092-0129
CID: 66507
Pain in cancer patients unrelated to the cancer or treatment
Marcus, Norman J
The majority of patients with cancer will experience pain in the course of their disease [Kjaer, M. The therapy of cancer pain and its integration into a comprehensive supportive care strategy. Ann. Oncol. 1997, 8 (3), 15-19; Bruera, E.; Lawlor, P. Cancer pain management. Acta Anaesthesiol. Scand. 1997, 41 (1 of 2), 146-153]. Epidemiological studies [Foley, K.M. The treatment of pain in the patient with cancer. CA Cancer J. Clin. 1986, 36 (4), 194-215; Walley, B.A.; Hagen, N.A. The epidemiology of cancer pain. Pain Dig. 1995, (5) 237-244; Portenoy, R.K. Cancer pain: epidemiology and syndromes. Cancer 1989, 63 (11), 2298-2307] generally categorize the pain as 1) directly caused by the neoplastic process or related phenomena; 2) by treatment; or 3) unrelated to the neoplastic process. In approximately 10% of cancer patients who have pain, the pain is unrelated to the disease or treatment and is most often caused by muscles and connective tissue (Twycross, R. Pain Relief in Advanced Cancer; Churchill Livingstone: New York, 1994; 55-61). An overview of pathophysiological mechanisms of muscle pain is presented, followed by a structured protocol to treat frequently encountered pain of muscular origin. The purpose of this article is to provide to the practicing clinicians easy to apply approaches for the treatment of muscle-related pain
PMID: 15779871
ISSN: 0735-7907
CID: 51101
Assessment of Neurosurgical Pain Treatments
Chapter by: Marcus, Norman; Bleyer, Amy
in: Neurosurgical pain management by Follett, Kenneth A [Eds]
Philadelphia : Saunders, c2004
pp. 265-270
ISBN: 9780721692418
CID: 849502
Failure to diagnose pain of muscular origin leads to unnecessary surgery
Marcus, Norman J
Three patients who were scheduled for surgical procedures for a variety of diagnoses are presented. Each of the patients presented with pain that was interpreted as a result of an operable lesion. None of the patients was assessed for a possible muscular etiology of their pain prior to being evaluated at the author's pain center. In all three patients, muscles were identified that replicated their pain. Each patient received treatment to his or her pain-producing muscles. None of the contemplated surgeries was performed.
PMID: 15102165
ISSN: 1526-2375
CID: 848712
Outcome Measures in Pain Treatment
Chapter by: Marcus, Norman; Bleyer, Amy
in: Surgical management of pain by Burchiel, Kim [Eds]
New York : Thieme, 2002
pp. 156-164
ISBN: 9783131259813
CID: 849492
Low-tech medicine [Newspaper Article]
Marcus, Norman
ORIGINAL:0008862
ISSN: 0362-4331
CID: 858152
When work is pain [Newspaper Article]
Marcus, Norman
ORIGINAL:0008861
ISSN: 0362-4331
CID: 858142
The reintroduction of an exercise program to directly treat low back pain of muscular origin
Kraus, H; Marcus, N J
Decades of debate have yet to yield a universal solution to the treatment of low back pain, a problem that afflicts 80% of adults in the United States at some point of their lives [1,2]. Exercise, in general, has become widely recognized as playing a large role in the rehabilitation of back pain sufferers. Yet, there is no consensus on which types of exercises to utilize. Most exercise techniques address the muscles with the specific purpose of impacting the skeleton or the spinal cord and nerve roots, rather than the muscles themselves. This reinforces the notion that muscles are not the direct source of pain, but rather only reflect pathology elsewhere. We reintroduce a rational exercise regimen first developed by Hans Kraus, M.D. in 1949. This regimen was shaped over a period of several years, through usage by thousands of back pain sufferers. It directly addresses specific trunk muscle deficiencies and tension, which are postulated by the authors to be the major factors producing low back pain. The exercise protocol has shown to be highly effective and inexpensive to administer on a wide-scale basis. Recent clinical experiences utilizing the Kraus techniques are discussed.
PMID: 24572751
ISSN: 1053-8127
CID: 848782