Symptom descriptors and patterns in lumbar radicular pain caused by disc herniation: a 1-year longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT: The objective of the present study was to explore the diversity, quality, severity and distribution of symptoms in patients with radicular pain and a lumbar disc herniation. Longitudinal cohort study. Hospital-based back clinic. Ninety patients referred to secondary healthcare with (a) low back-related leg pain, (b) age between 18 and 65 years and (c) MRI confirmed lumbar disc herniation at a relevant side and level. Neuropathic pain symptoms were assessed using the Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire-2 (SF-MPQ-2) and the painDETECT Questionnaire. In a subsample classified with neuropathic pain, in-depth interviews were performed, and symptomatic areas were drawn on standardised body charts. At baseline, the most frequently used painDETECT symptom descriptor was numbness sensation, report

SUBMITTER: Hasvik E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9772640 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature