Table 1.
Case reports for neuropathic low back pain
| Gender | Age | Primary diagnosis (pain indication/cause of pain) | Localization of pain symptoms | Duration of pain in years | Hyperalgesia | Allodynia/allodynia severity rating | Stabbing pain | Burning pain | Shooting pain | Monotherapy | Plasters per day | Duration of plaster treatment (months) | CGIC score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 50 | Neuropathic pain, viral radiculitis | Periumbilical pain, allodynia | 2.0 | X | 2 | X | X | X | Y | 1 | 17 ongoing |
1 |
| F | 85 | Lumbar pain | Lumbar | 10.0 | 2–3 | X | N | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| F | 29 | Discopathy | Low back pain | 0.06 | X | 0 | X | Y | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | ||
| F | 76 | Low back pain > facet arthrosis | Low back | ≥5.0 | X | 1 | X | Y | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||
| F | 56 | Low back pain > facet arthrosis | Low back | 0.5 | X | 1 | X | Y | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | ||
| F | 58 | Lumbosacral syndrome | Low back pain, irradiating to both thighs; knees | 3.0 | X | 1 | X | N | 1 3 days; then every 3rd day |
0.5 | 2 | ||
| M | 69 | Lumbar-sciatic pain | Low back pain irradiating into lateral and posterior part of the right leg | 0.17 | X | 2 | X | X | N | 1 3 days; then every 3rd day |
0.5 | 2 | |
| M | 59 | Lumbar pain/radiculopathy | Lumbar | 3.0 | X | 2 | X | N | 2 | 1 ongoing |
2 | ||
| F | 43 | Lumbar pain/radiculopathy | Lumbosacral | 2.0 | X | 2 | X | N | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| F | 41 | Sciatica | Left leg | 0.5 | X | 1 | X | X | X | N | 1 | 3 ongoing |
2 |
| M | 50 | Low back pain + sciatic pain | Low back and left leg ~ S1 | 5.0 | X | 1 | X | X | N | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| M | 45 | Neuropathic pain | Cervical spine, lumbar spine | 18.0 | X | 2 | X | X | X | N | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| M | 38 | Low back pain > discopathy | Low back and left hip | 0.17 | X | 2 | X | N | 1 | 5 ongoing |
2 | ||
| F | 81 | Arthrosis zygapophyseal joint | Low back | 5.0 | 2 | X | X | X | Y | 1 | 0.75 | 2 | |
| F | 44 | Arthrosis zygapophyseal joint | Low back | ≥5.0 | 2 | X | X | X | N | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| F | 55 | Arthrosis zygapophyseal joint + sacroiliac joint | Low back pain | 0.83 | 2 | X | X | Y | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| M | 55 | low back pain-spondylolisthesis | Low back pain | 0.33 | X | NA | X | X | N | 1/4 | 3 | 2 | |
| M | 86 | low back pain | Low back pain | 0.17 | X | NA | X | N | 1/8 twice a week |
1 | 2 | ||
| NA | 54 | Degenerative disc disease | Low back pain | 1,33 | X | NA | X | X | N | 1/4 twice a week |
2 | 2 | |
| F | 50 | Lumbar pain | Right buttock, scar | 0.5 | X | NA | X at right buttock | N | 2 | 10 | 3 | ||
| M | 80 | Low back pain | Low back | 20.0 | X | 0 | X | N | 1 | 0.75 | 3 | ||
| F | 71 | Sciatic pain bilateral | S1 bilateral | 10.0 | X | 0 | X | X | N | 2 | 0.5 | 3 | |
| M | 54 | Low back pain | Low back | 1.0 | X | 0 | X | X | Y | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| F | 62 | Lumbosacral syndrome | Low back pain irradiating into both legs knees hands and feet | 10.0 | X | 2 | X | X | N | 1 3 days; then every 3rd day |
1 | 3 | |
| F | 55 | Arthrosis zygapophyseal joint | Low back | ≥5.0 | 2 | X | X | Y | 1 | 0.25 | 3 | ||
| F | 80 | Arthrosis zygapophyseal joint | Low back left + right | ≥5.0 | 0 | X | X | N | 1 | 1.5 | 3 | ||
| M | 68 | Lumbar pain | Lumbar | 7.0 | X | 3 | X | X | X | N | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Notes: Allodynia severity rating: 0 = no pain or discomfort to touch, 1 = uncomfortable, but tolerable to touch, 2 = painful, 3 = extremely painful, patient cannot stand touching; duration of pain was converted to years, term “many years” was set to ≥5 years in Table 1 and to 5 years for calculation of means.
Abbreviations: CGIC, Clinical Global Impression of Change (1 = very much improved, 2 = much improved, 3 = minimally improved, 4 = no change, 5 = minimally worse, 6 = very much worse); F, female; M, male; NA, not available; X, symptom present.