| CHFD | Cochin hand functional disability |
| DN4 | Doleur Neuropatique 4 |
| SRs | Evidence-based guideline for Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies (PRESS) for systematic reviews |
| FAAH | Fatty acid amide hydrolase |
| GOfER | Graphical Overview for Evidence Reviews diagram |
| PROSPERO | International prospective register of systematic reviews |
| LBP-IQ | Low Back Pain Impact Questionnaire |
| MeSH | Medical and subject headings |
| MNSI | Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument |
| NIHR | National Institute for Health Research |
| NPQ | Neuropathic Pain Questionnaire |
| NPSI | Neuropathic pain symptom inventory |
| NRSI | Nonrandomized studies of the effects of interventions |
| NF-kB | Nuclear factor kB |
| PPAR-α | Nuclear receptor peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α |
| NRS | Numeric rating scale |
| ODQ | Oswestry Disability Questionnaire |
| PEA | Palmitoylethanolamide |
| PICOS | Participants, intervention, control, outcome, study design |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| RCTs | Randomized clinical trials |
| RoB | Risk of bias |
| ROBINS-I | Risk Of Bias In Non-randomised Studies of Interventions tool |
| TRPV1 | Transient receptor potential channel of the vanilloid type 1 |
| PEA-um | Ultramicronized PEA |
| VAS | Visual analogue scale |
| WOS | Web of Science |