Chronic Pain Categorization Table

Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/18/2010 - 12:21

Pain Category (major)	Pain Category (Specific)	Location	Related to activity	Affected by position	Worse with light touch
Neurologic	SCI Pain	Below injury in area without normal sensation	+	Â_	+
	Transition zone pain	At level of injury, bilateral	_	_	+
	Radicular Pain	At any dermatome level, usually unilateral, usually radiates	+	+	_
	Visceral	In abdomen	_	_	_
Musculoskeletal	Mechanical spine pain	In back or neck, often bilateral	+	+
	Overuse pain	Often above injury in areas of normal sensation in an incomplete, can be below	+	+	_

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