Open Access<p>Female Overrepresentation in Low Back-Related Leg Pain: A Retrospective Study of the Autonomic Response to a Minimally Invasive Procedure</p>
Author(s) -
Elżbieta Skorupska,
Marta Jokiel,
Michał Rychlik,
Rafał M. Łochowski,
Małgorzata Kotwicka
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s282233
Subject(s) - medicine , provocation test , logistic regression , retrospective cohort study , low back pain , physical therapy , pathology , alternative medicine
The newly proposed low back pain treatment requires case classification according to the pain mechanism (nociceptive, neuropathic or nociplastic) to determine the most effective therapeutic approach. However, there is a lack of objective tools for distinguishing these pain mechanisms. The aim of the study was to identify which symptoms, signs, and standard diagnostic parameters would allow predicting the nociplastic pain (NP) subtype among low back leg pain (LBLP) patients.