Lumbar Discogenic Pain: State‐of‐the‐Art Review

• Published in: Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) Vol. 14; no. 6; pp. 813 - 836
• Main Authors: Bogduk, Nikolai, Aprill, Charles, Derby, Richard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.06.2013
• Subjects: Back Pain; Back Pain - etiology; Back Pain - physiopathology; Diagnosis; Discography; Evidence-Based Medicine; Humans; Intervertebral Disc; Intervertebral Disc Degeneration - complications; Intervertebral Disc Degeneration - physiopathology; Intervertebral Disc Displacement - complications; Intervertebral Disc Displacement - physiopathology; Laboratory animals; Models, Neurological; Pain; Spinal Cord - physiopathology; Studies

Objective To test the null hypotheses that: lumbar intervertebral discs cannot be a source of pain; discs are not a source of pain; painful lumbar discs cannot be diagnosed; and there is no pathology that causes discogenic pain. Methods Philosophical essay and discourse with reference to the literat...