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ReviewCurrent pain and headache reports2017

Back Pain with Leg Pain.

Simon Vulfsons, Negev Bar, Elon Eisenberg

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Review in Current pain and headache reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Simon VulfsonsInstitute for Pain Medicine, Rambam Health Care Campus, 11 Ephron Street, Bat Galim, 3109601, Haifa, Israel. s_vulfsons@rambam.health.gov.il.
Negev BarDepartment of Family Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
Elon EisenbergInstitute for Pain Medicine, Rambam Health Care Campus, 11 Ephron Street, Bat Galim, 3109601, Haifa, Israel.
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology · ILHaifa Medical Center · IL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThe clinical diagnostic dilemma of low back pain that is associated with lower limb pain is very common. In relation to back pain that radiates to the leg, the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) states: "Pain in the lower limb should be described specifically as either referred pain or radicular pain. In cases of doubt no implication should be made and the pain should be described as pain in the lower limb." RECENT

findingsBogduks' editorial in the journal PAIN (2009) helps us to differentiate and define the terms somatic referred pain, radicular pain, and radiculopathy. In addition, there are other pathologies distal to the nerve root that could be relevant to patients with back pain and leg pain such as plexus and peripheral nerve involvement. Hence, the diagnosis of back pain with leg pain can still be challenging. In this article, we present a patient with back and leg pain. The patient appears to have a radicular pain syndrome, but has no neurological impairment and shows signs of myofascial involvement. Is there a single diagnosis or indeed two overlapping syndromes? The scope of our article encompasses the common diagnostic possibilities for this type of patient. A discussion of treatment is beyond the scope of this article and depends on the final diagnosis/diagnoses made.

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LegAlgorithmsHumansLow Back PainMaleMiddle AgedNeuralgiaPain MeasurementRadiculopathyReferred PainSyndromeBack painLeg painNeuralgiaRadicular painSciaticaSomatic referred pain

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PMID28551736
OpenAlexW2619887517

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