Cervicobrachial pain - How Often is it Neurogenic?

Autor:	Gangavelli R; Assistant Professor -Selection Grade, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health Sciences , Manipal University, Manipal, India ., Nair NS; Professor and Head, Department of Statistics, Manipal University , Manipal, India ., Bhat AK; Professor and Head, Department of Orthopedics, Kasturba Medical College , Manipal University, Manipal, India ., Solomon JM; Associate Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health Sciences , Manipal University, Manipal, India .
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR [J Clin Diagn Res] 2016 Mar; Vol. 10 (3), pp. YC14-6. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Mar 01.
DOI:	10.7860/JCDR/2016/16456.7492
Abstrakt:	Introduction: Neck pain associated with pain in the arm (cervicobrachial pain) is a common complaint in patients seeking physiotherapy management. The source of symptoms for this complaint is commonly presumed to be neural. However, this pain pattern could also result from various other innervated tissue structures of the upper quarter. Knowledge about frequency of neural structures being a predominant source of symptoms would help in implementing appropriate therapeutic strategies such as neural tissue mobilization along with other complimentary therapies for optimal outcomes. Aim: To determine the frequency of cervicobrachial pain being neurogenic. Materials and Methods: Participants (n=361) aged between 20-65 years, reporting cervicobrachial pain were screened for neurogenic nature of symptoms. These physical signs included: active and passive movement dysfunction, adverse responses to neural tissue provocation tests, tenderness on palpating nerve trunks and related cutaneous tissues and evidence of a related local area of pathology (Clinical/radiological). The consistency of all these signs was checked to identify a significant neural involvement. Results: Descriptive statistics were used to analyse data. Of 361 participants, 206 were males (44.6 ±10.8 years) and 155 were females (41.8 ± 11.2 years). The frequency of neurogenic cervicobrachial pain was determined to be 19.9% (n=72) and the non-neurogenic sources for symptoms were attributed to 80.1% (n=289) of screened participants. Conclusion: Lower frequency of cervicobrachial pain being neurogenic indicates thorough screening for appropriate therapeutic interventions to be successful.
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