The Pain Clinic Back to The Pain Clinic all-issues list Volume 15 Number 2 Issue June 2003 Perioperative anxiety: psychobiology and effects in postoperative recovery 87    Wolnei Caumo; Maria Beatriz Cardoso Ferreira Echographic aspects of spastic muscles: Changes after antispastic treatment with Botulinum toxin 103    Daniela Melchiorre; Bruno Rossi; Maria Laura Ciompi; Laura Bazzichi; Susanna Maddali Bongi; Giulia Stampacchia Stereotactic posterior capsulo-lentiform deafferentation as an effective treatment in central post-stroke pain. A new surgical method for intractable central pain control? 115    Waldemar Koszewski; Jerzy Jarosz; Janina Pernak-De Gast Management of pain after brachial plexus injury: a parallel study 125    Saranatra Waikakul; Waraporn Waikakul; Somsri Pausawasdi Pain intensity level and physical function in patients with whiplash-associated injuries: Effectiveness of manual therapy 133    Gül Baltaci; Volga Bayrakci Tunay; Nevin Ergun Interobserver agreement on differential diagnosis of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome type 1 143    Anton C. Van De Vusse; Suzanne G. M. Stomp-Van Den Berg; Wilhelm E. J. Weber Increased plasma adrenomedullin and serum lipoprotein (a) levels in patients with Behcet's disease 151    Ibrahim Kocer; Ahmet Kiziltunc; Seyithan Taysi; Abdulkadir Yildirim Serum soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1, interleukin-8 and interleukin-6 levels in patients with Behcet's disease 159    Ahmet Kiziltunç; A. Kadir Yildirim; M. Sait Kele; brahim Koçer; Hülya Aksoy; Mahmut Baolu; lhan Yildirgan; sa Özbey; Yilmaz Aksoy; Ali karakuzu; ahin Aslan; Ebubekir Bakan The effect of independence level of the children with muscular dystrophies on the mother's low back pain 167    Esra Aki; Tülin Düger; Öznur Yilmaz; Aye Karaduman; Hülya Kayihan Referred dental pain 173    Nihal Avcu; Melahat Görduysus; M. Ömer Görduysus A comparison of different treatment approaches to patellofemoral pain syndrome 179    Volga Bayrakci Tunay; Gül Baltaci; Servet Tunay; Nevin Ergun Treatment of patellar tracking and pain in patellofemoral malalignment: Conservative versus surgery 185    Volga Bayrakci Tunay; Nevin Ergun; Gül Baltaci; Servet Tunay; Zafer Erden Efficacy and tolerability of a new opioid analgesic formulation, buprenorphine transdermal therapeutic system (TDS), in the treatment of patients with chronic pain. A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study 193    K. Böhme; R. Likar Calendar of events 203