DOCUMENT RESEARCH
Data sources: PubMed, EMBASE, PEDro, CINALH, MEDLINE, Scopus and PsychINFO.
Study selection: studies published from January 1939 to March 2017.
Languages: English, Spanish, French, German.
Dermatomes
- Ladak A, Tubbs RS, Spinner RJ:
Mapping sensory nerve communications between peripheral nerve territories. Clin Anat. 2014 Jul;27(5):681-90. - Downs MB, Laporte C:
Conflicting dermatome maps: educational and clinical implications. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2011 Jun;41(6):427-34. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2011.3506. PubMed PMID: 21628826. - Mulcahey MJ, Gaughan J, Betz RR:
Agreement of repeated motor and sensory scores at individual myotomes and dermatomes in young persons with complete spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord. 2009 Jan;47(1):56-61. - Lee MW, McPhee RW, Stringer MD:
An evidence-based approach to human dermatomes. Clin Anat. 2008 Jul;21(5):363-73. doi: 10.1002/ca.20636. Review. PubMed PMID: 18470936. - Murray GM, ed. Referred pain:
Journal of Applied Oral Science. 2009;17(6):i. doi:10.1590/S1678-77572009000600001.
Keywords: dermatomes; nerve; communications; map; cutaneous; sensory; anatomy, neck, nerves, sensation, skin, spine; spinal nerve; dorsal nerve root; human, systematic review.
Referred pain from muscle/ligaments:
- Dommerholt J, Grieve R, Hooks T, Layton M:
A critical overview of the current myofascial pain literature - October 2015. J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2015 Oct;19(4):736-46. doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2015.09.003. Review. PubMed PMID: 26592232. - Arendt-Nielsen L, Fernández-de-Las-Peñas C, Graven-Nielsen T:
Basic aspects of musculoskeletal pain: from acute to chronic pain. J Man Manip Ther. 2011 Nov;19(4):186-93. doi: 10.1179/106698111X13129729551903. PubMed PMID: 23115471; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3201649. - Binderup AT, Arendt-Nielsen L, Madeleine P:
Pressure pain sensitivity maps of the neck-shoulder and the low back regions in men and women. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2010 Oct 12;11: 234. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-234. PubMed PMID: 20939890; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2964538. - Arendt-Nielsen L, Graven-Nielsen T:
Muscle pain: sensory implications and interaction with motor control. Clin J Pain. 2008 May;24(4):291-8. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31815b608f. Review. PubMed PMID: 18427227. - Arendt-Nielsen L, Svensson P:
Referred muscle pain: basic and clinical findings. Clin J Pain. 2001 Mar;17(1):11-9. Review. PubMed PMID: 11289083. - KELLGREN JH:
On the distribution of pain arising from deep somatic structures with charts of segmental pain areas. Reprinted from "Clinical Science," Vol. 4, No. 1, June 1939. - KELLGREN JH:
Deep pain sensibility. Lancet. 1949 Jun 4;1(6562):943-9. PubMed PMID: 18149303. - Dorsher PT:
Myofascial referred-pain data provide physiologic evidence of acupuncture meridians. J Pain. 2009 Jul;10(7):723-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.12.010. PubMed PMID: 19409857.
Keywords: Muscle Pain-Referred pain-Experimental-Hyperexcitability, muscle pain, myofascial pain syndromes; systematic review; neck pain; low back pain.
Referred pain from Lung:
- van der Bruggen W, Arens AI, van der Drift MA, de Geus-Oei LF, Gotthardt M, Oyen WJ:
Referred shoulder pain in a patient with small cell lung cancer. Adrenal gland metastases. Neth J Med. 2013 May;71(4):203-6. - Abraham PJ, Capobianco DJ, Cheshire WP:
Facial pain as the presenting symptom of lung carcinoma with normal chest radiograph. Headache. 2003 May;43(5):499-504. Review. PubMed PMID: 12752757. - Sarlani E, Schwartz AH, Greenspan JD, Grace EG:
Facial pain as first manifestation of lung cancer: a case of lung cancer-related cluster headache and a review of the literature. J Orofac Pain. 2003 Summer;17(3):262-7. Review.PubMed PMID: 14558496. - Shakespeare TP, Stevens MJ:
Unilateral facial pain and lung cancer. Australas Radiol. 1996 Feb;40(1):45-6. Review. PubMed PMID: 8838888. - Capobianco DJ:
Facial pain as a symptom of nonmetastatic lung cancer. Headache. 1995 Nov-Dec;35(10):581-5. Review. PubMed PMID: 8550357. - Bongers KM, Willigers HM, Koehler PJ:
Referred facial pain from lung carcinoma. Neurology. 1992 Sep;42(9):1841-2. - Capobianco DJ:
Facial pain as a symptom of nonmetastatic lung cancer. Headache. 1995 Nov-Dec;35(10):581-5. Review. PubMed PMID: 8550357.
Keywords: referred pain, lung, pain; referral patterns, systematic review.
Referred pain from Heart:
- Lollino N, Brunocilla PR, Poglio F, Vannini E, Lollino S, Lancia M:
Non-orthopaedic causes of shoulder pain: what the shoulder expert must remember. Musculoskelet Surg. 2012 May;96 Suppl 1:S63-8. doi: 10.1007/s12306-012-0192-5.Review. PubMed PMID: 22528847.
- Talner NS, Carboni MP:
Chest pain in the adolescent and young adult. Cardiol Rev. 2000 Jan-Feb;8(1):49-56. Review. PubMed PMID: 11174873. - Börjesson M:
Visceral chest pain in unstable angina pectoris and effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation. (TENS). A review. Herz. 1999 Apr;24(2):114-25. Review. PubMed PMID: 10372297. - Katon WJ:
Chest pain, cardiac disease, and panic disorder. J Clin Psychiatry. 1990 May;51 Suppl:27-30; discussion 50-3. Review. PubMed PMID: 2186022.
Keywords: referred pain, heart, pain; referral patterns, systematic review.
Referred pain from Kidneys:
- Pedersen KV, Drewes AM, Frimodt-Møller PC, Osther PJ:
Visceral pain originating from the upper urinary tract. Urol Res. 2010 Oct;38(5):345-55. doi: 10.1007/s00240-010-0278-1. Review. PubMed PMID: 20473661. - Vecchiet L, Giamberardino MA, Bigontina PD (1992):
Referred pain from viscera: When the symptoms persists despite the extinction of the visceral focus. Adv Pain Res Ther 20:101–110 - Vecchiet L, Giamberardino MA, Dragani L, Albe-Fessard D:
Pain from renal/ureteral calculosis: evaluation of sensory thresholds in the lumbar area. Pain. 1989 Mar;36(3):289-95. PubMed PMID: 2710558.
Keywords: referred pain, kidneys, urinary tract, pain, renal colic, renal stone, systematic review.
Referred pain from Bladder, Ureter, Vulva:
- Tripp DA, Nickel JC, Wong J, Pontari M, Moldwin R, Mayer R, Carr LK, Doggweiler R, Yang CC, Mishra N, Nordling J:
Mapping of pain phenotypes in female patients with bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis and controls. Eur Urol. 2012 Dec;62(6):1188-94. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.05.023. PubMed PMID: 22633363. - Fall M, Baranowski AP, Elneil S, Engeler D, Hughes J, Messelink EJ, Oberpenning F, de C Williams AC; European Association of Urology:
EAU guidelines on chronic pelvic pain. Eur Urol. 2010 Jan;57(1):35-48. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2009.08.020. Review. PubMed PMID: 19733958 - Warren JW, Langenberg P, Greenberg P, Diggs C, Jacobs S, Wesselmann U:
Sites of pain from interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome. J Urol. 2008 Oct;180(4):1373-7. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.06.039. PubMed PMID: 18707715. - Doggweiler-Wiygul R:
Urologic myofascial pain syndromes. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2004 Dec;8(6):445-51. Review. PubMed PMID: 15509457.
Keywords: referred pain, bladder, ureter, urinary bladder, cystitis, interstitial, pain, urethra, vulva, systematic review.
Referred pain from Stomach, Duodenum, Colon, Bowel:
- Thompson WG, Longstreth GF, Drossman DA, Heaton KW, Irvine EJ, Müller-Lissner SA:
Functional bowel disorders and functional abdominal pain. Gut. 1999 Sep;45 Suppl 2:II43-7. Review. PubMed PMID: 10457044; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1766683. - Swarbrick ET, Hegarty JE, Bat L, Williams CB, Dawson AM:
Site of pain from the irritable bowel. Lancet. 1980 Aug 30;2(8192):443-6. PubMed PMID: 6106097. - Bloomfield AL, Polland WS:
Experimental referred pain from the gastro-intestinal tract. part II. stomach, duodenum and colon. J Clin Invest. 1931 Aug;10(3):453-73. PubMed PMID: 16693992; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC435763.
Keywords: duodenal referred pain, gastrointestinal referred pain, visceral pain, systematic review.
Referred pain from Pancreas:
- Banks PA, Bollen TL, Dervenis C, Gooszen HG, Johnson CD, Sarr MG, Tsiotos GG, Vege SS; Acute Pancreatitis Classification Working Group:
Classification of acute pancreatitis--2012: revision of the Atlanta classification and definitions by international consensus. Gut. 2013 Jan;62(1):102-11. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-302779. PubMed PMID: 23100216. - Lieb JG 2nd, Forsmark CE:
Review article: pain and chronic pancreatitis. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2009 Apr 1;29(7):706-19. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2009.03931.x. Review. PubMed PMID: 19284407. - Ness TJ, Gebhart GF.
Visceral pain: a review of experimental studies. Pain. 1990 May;41(2):167-234. Review. PubMed PMID: 2195438.
Keywords: pancreas referred pain, systematic review.
Referred pain from Ovaries, Uterus
- Jensen AM, Bewketu B, Sanford D:
Intermittent low back pain referred from a uterine adenomyosis: a case report. J Chiropr Med. 2011 Mar;10(1):64-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcm.2010.08.004. PubMed PMID: 22027211; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3110405. - Gunter J:
Chronic pelvic pain: an integrated approach to diagnosis and treatment. Obstet Gynecol Surv. 2003 Sep;58(9):615-23. Review. PubMed PMID: 12972837. - Slocumb JC:
Neurological factors in chronic pelvic pain: trigger points and the abdominal pelvic pain syndrome. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1984 Jul 1;149(5):536-43. PubMed PMID: 6234807.
Keywords: ovaries, uterus, referred pain, systematic review.
Referred pain from Prostate:
- Lishchyna N, Henderson S:
Acute onset-low back pain and hip pain secondary to metastatic prostate cancer: a case report. J Can Chiropr Assoc. 2004 Mar;48(1):5-12. PubMed PMID: 17549214; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1840035.
- Potts JM:
Male Pelvic Pain: Beyond Urology and Chronic Prostatitis. Curr Rheumatol Rev. 2016;12(1):27-39. Review. PubMed PMID: 26717951. - Potts JM:
Male Pelvic Pain: Beyond Urology and Chronic Prostatitis. Curr Rheumatol Rev. 2016;12(1):27-39. Review. PubMed PMID: 26717951. - Stein SL:
Chronic pelvic pain. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2013 Dec;42(4):785-800. doi: 10.1016/j.gtc.2013.08.005. Review. PubMed PMID: 24280400. - Berger RE:
Urologic myofascial pain syndromes. J Urol. 2005 Sep;174(3):942. PubMed PMID: 16094001. - Doggweiler-Wiygul R:
Urologic myofascial pain syndromes. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2004 Dec;8(6):445-51. Review. PubMed PMID: 15509457.
Keywords: prostate, referred pain, systematic review.
Myotomes:
- Pyun SB, Kang S, Kwon HK:
Anatomical and electrophysiological myotomes corresponding to the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle. J Korean Med Sci. 2010 Mar;25(3):454-7. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2010.25.3.454. PubMed PMID: 20191047; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2826750.
- Mulcahey MJ, Gaughan J, Betz RR:
Agreement of repeated motor and sensory scores at individual myotomes and dermatomes in young persons with complete spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord. 2009 Jan;47(1):56-61. - Katirji MB, Agrawal R, Kantra TA:
The human cervical myotomes: an anatomical correlation between electromyography and CT/myelography. Muscle Nerve. 1988 Oct;11(10):1070-3. PubMed PMID: 2847039. - Brendler SJ:
The human cervical myotomes: functional anatomy studied at operation. J Neurosurg. 1968 Feb;28(2):105-11. PubMed PMID: 5638010. - THEILER K:
Differentiation of body myotomes in man and the origin of abdominal wall muscles. Acta Anat (Basel). 1957;30(1-4):842-64. German. PubMed PMID: 13478372.
Keywords: neurological examination, human body myotome, systematic review.
Sclerotomes:
- Ivanusic JJ:
The evidence for the spinal segmental innervation of bone. Clin Anat. 2007 Nov;20(8):956-60. Review. PubMed PMID: 17948287. - Meyr AJ, Diprimio R:
Lower-extremity sclerotomes: clinical applications and the modified mayo block. J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 2009 May-Jun;99(3):232-5. Review. PubMed PMID: 19448174. - Olsen BR, Reginato AM, Wang W:
Bone development. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol. 2000;16:191-220. Review. PubMed PMID: 11031235. - Harding G, Yelland M:
Back, chest and abdominal pain - is it spinal referred pain? Aust Fam Physician. 2007 Jun;36(6):422-3, 425, 427-9. Review. PubMed PMID: 17565398.
Keywords: sclerotomes; segmental innervation of bone; skeletal innervation; systematic review.