Table 2.

Comparing painful cervical radiculopathy with nonspecific neck-arm pain using quantitative sensory testing

painful cervical radiculopathy		nonspecific neck-arm pain
Affected dermatome	Maximal pain area	Affected dermatome	Maximal pain area
Loss of sensory function in mechanical sense	Loss of sensory function in mechanical sense	Loss of warm detection threshold
Loss of sensory function in vibration sense	Loss of sensory function in vibration sense
Reduced cold detection
Reduced pressure pain sensitivity
Nerve root damage		Neuropathic pain components were unlikely