Rethinking neck-related arm pain: hypothetical clinical scenarios to differentiate the underlying IASP-defined pain mechanisms.
(2024) The Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy — Vol. 32, n° 4, p. 378-389 (2024)
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Roussel, Nathalie 
Dierick, Frédéric Da Natividade, Joël
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- Neck-related arm pain is frequently encountered in clinical settings, yet its underlying pain mechanisms remain elusive. While such pain radiating from the neck to the arm is often attributed to injuries or diseases of the nervous system (neuropathic pain), it can also arise from nociceptive (referred) or nociplastic sources. Regrettably, patients exhibiting this specific pain distribution are frequently diagnosed with varying terms, including 'cervicobrachialgia', 'cervicobrachial neuralgia', 'cervicobrachial pain syndrome', and 'cervical radiculopathy'. The ambiguity surrounding these diagnostic labels complicates the clinical reasoning process. It is imperative for clinicians to discern and comprehend the dominant pain mechanism. Three distinct hypothetical clinical scenarios depict patients with almost identical pain distribution but divergent dominant pain mechanisms. Within these scenarios, both subjective and objective examinations are employed to elucidate the dominant pain mechanism associated with neck-related arm pain: nociceptive, neuropathic, and nociplastic. Furthermore, clinicians must remain aware that the dominant pain mechanism can evolve over time.
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Hage, R., Roussel, N., Dierick, F., Da Natividade, J., Jones, M., & Fourré, A. (2024). Rethinking neck-related arm pain: hypothetical clinical scenarios to differentiate the underlying IASP-defined pain mechanisms. The Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy, 32(4), 378-389. https://doi.org/10.1080/10669817.2023.2292909 (Original work published 2024)