Pub Date : 1994-09-01DOI: 10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80308-0
Nikolai Bogduk
Lumbar diskography is not a test for disk herniation. It is a test for intrinsically painful, externally intact disks and so does not compete with computed tomography as a diagnostic instrument. Formal studies have shown that the lumbar disks are innervated and can be a source of pain that has pathomorphologic correlates. The biological basis for lumbar diskography, therefore, resists criticism. Cervical diskography, however, lacks the same biological basis and remains open to criticism. Utility is the weak point of both lumbar and cervical diskography. Although both provide diagnostic information, it remains to be shown that this information makes a difference to outcome when treatment is direct to the ostensibly painful disk.
{"title":"Diskography","authors":"Nikolai Bogduk","doi":"10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80308-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80308-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Lumbar diskography is not a test for disk herniation. It is a test for intrinsically painful, externally intact disks and so does not compete with computed tomography as a diagnostic instrument. Formal studies have shown that the lumbar disks are innervated and can be a source of pain that has pathomorphologic correlates. The biological basis for lumbar diskography, therefore, resists criticism. Cervical diskography, however, lacks the same biological basis and remains open to criticism. Utility is the weak point of both lumbar and cervical diskography. Although both provide diagnostic information, it remains to be shown that this information makes a difference to outcome when treatment is direct to the ostensibly painful disk.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100112,"journal":{"name":"APS Journal","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 149-154"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80308-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138428359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1994-09-01DOI: 10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80326-2
John D. Loeser MD (professor of neurological surgery and anesthesiology and director of the Multidisciplinary Pain Center)
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Pub Date : 1994-09-01DOI: 10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80324-9
Louisa E. Jones
{"title":"IASP global news","authors":"Louisa E. Jones","doi":"10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80324-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80324-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100112,"journal":{"name":"APS Journal","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 206-207"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80324-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138409174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1994-09-01DOI: 10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80314-6
Gisèle Guilbaud
The focus article summarizes electrophysiological data obtained with systematic recordings in supraspinal central nervous system structures (essentially thalamus and somatosensory cortex) of rat models of inflammatory pain (rats rendered poly-arthritic by injection of Freund's) adjuvant into the tail or injected with carrageenin into one hind-paw). The study has been performed in parallel with behavioral and pharmacological tests to emphasize the functional value of the neuronal response.
{"title":"15 years of explorations in some supraspinal structures in rat inflammatory pain models","authors":"Gisèle Guilbaud","doi":"10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80314-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80314-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The focus article summarizes electrophysiological data obtained with systematic recordings in supraspinal central nervous system structures (essentially thalamus and somatosensory cortex) of rat models of inflammatory pain (rats rendered poly-arthritic by injection of Freund's) adjuvant into the tail or injected with carrageenin into one hind-paw). The study has been performed in parallel with behavioral and pharmacological tests to emphasize the functional value of the neuronal response.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100112,"journal":{"name":"APS Journal","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 168-179"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80314-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79684923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1994-09-01DOI: 10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80317-1
Richard L. Stieg
Although medical opinions are widely utilized, disability is ultimately a legal and not a medical determination. In individuals with complex medical problems, particularly those claiming disability in relation to chronic pain, tests of physical functioning alone have little utility in either predicting ultimate disability or in accurately assessing its presence. In this population, psychosocial factors appear to be more significant determinants of disability. Appropriate assessment, therefore, calls for multidisciplinary intervention by experienced professionals.
{"title":"The futility of physical testing in the assessment of disability","authors":"Richard L. Stieg","doi":"10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80317-1","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80317-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Although medical opinions are widely utilized, disability is ultimately a legal and not a medical determination. In individuals with complex medical problems, particularly those claiming disability in relation to chronic pain, tests of physical functioning alone have little utility in either predicting ultimate disability or in accurately assessing its presence. In this population, psychosocial factors appear to be more significant determinants of disability. Appropriate assessment, therefore, calls for multidisciplinary intervention by experienced professionals.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100112,"journal":{"name":"APS Journal","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 187-190"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80317-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83056522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1994-09-01DOI: 10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80310-9
James N. Campbell, Allan J. Belzberg
{"title":"Use of disk distension to diagnose pain of spinal origin","authors":"James N. Campbell, Allan J. Belzberg","doi":"10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80310-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80310-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100112,"journal":{"name":"APS Journal","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 157-159"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80310-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90909746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 1994-09-01DOI: 10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80319-5
PhD Leonard N. Matheson
{"title":"Basic requirements for utility in the assessment of physical disability","authors":"PhD Leonard N. Matheson","doi":"10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80319-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80319-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100112,"journal":{"name":"APS Journal","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 193-199"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1058-9139(05)80319-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86689625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}