Authors
Joachim Scholz, Nanna B Finnerup, Nadine Attal, Qasim Aziz, Ralf Baron, Michael I Bennett, Rafael Benoliel, Milton Cohen, Giorgio Cruccu, Karen D Davis, Stefan Evers, Michael First, Maria Adele Giamberardino, Per Hansson, Stein Kaasa, Beatrice Korwisi, Eva Kosek, Patricia Lavand'Homme, Michael Nicholas, Turo Nurmikko, Serge Perrot, Srinivasa N Raja, Andrew SC Rice, Michael C Rowbotham, Stephan Schug, David M Simpson, Blair H Smith, Peter Svensson, Johan WS Vlaeyen, Shuu-Jiun Wang, Antonia Barke, Winfried Rief, Rolf-Detlef Treede
Publication date
2019/1/1
Source
Pain
Volume
160
Issue
1
Pages
53-59
Publisher
LWW
Description
The upcoming 11th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) of the World Health Organization (WHO) offers a unique opportunity to improve the representation of painful disorders. For this purpose, the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) has convened an interdisciplinary task force of pain specialists. Here, we present the case for a reclassification of nervous system lesions or diseases associated with persistent or recurrent pain for≥ 3 months. The new classification lists the most common conditions of peripheral neuropathic pain: trigeminal neuralgia, peripheral nerve injury, painful polyneuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia, and painful radiculopathy. Conditions of central neuropathic pain include pain caused by spinal cord or brain injury, poststroke pain, and pain associated with multiple sclerosis. Diseases not explicitly mentioned in the …
Scholar articles
J Scholz, NB Finnerup, N Attal, Q Aziz, R Baron… - Pain, 2019