Classification of Chronic Pain

Descriptions of Chronic Pain Syndromes and Definitions of Pain Terms, Second Edition

Editors: Harold Merskey and Nikolai Bogduk publish year:  1994 softbound, 240 pages Task Force on Taxonomy ISBN 978-0-931092-05-3

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Table of Contents

Combined List of Contributors to First and Second Editions
 
Introduction

Future Revisions

Abbreviations

Part I Topics and Codes
 
Scheme for Coding Chronic Pain Diagnoses

List of Topics and Codes

A. Relatively Generalized Syndromes 
 
B. Relatively Localized Syndromes of the Head and Neck 
  
C. Spinal Pain, Section 1: Spinal and Radicular Pain Syndromes 

Note on Arrangements 
Definitions of Spinal Pain and Related Phenomena 
Principles  
Radicular Pain and Radiculopathy 

D. Spinal Pain, Section 2: Spinal and Radicular Pain Syndromes of the Cervical and Thoracic Regions
 
E. Local Syndromes of the Upper Limbs and Relatively Generalized Syndromes of the Upper and Lower Limbs
 
F. Visceral and Other Syndromes of the Trunk Apart from Spinal and Radicular Pain
 
G. Spinal Pain, Section 3: Spinal and Radicular Pain Syndromes of the Lumbar, Sacral, and Coccygeal Regions
 
H. Local Syndromes of the Lower Limbs 

Part II Detailed Descriptions of Pain Syndromes
 
List of Items Usually Provided in Detailed Descriptions of Pain Syndromes

A. Relatively Generalized Syndromes

I. Relatively Generalized Syndromes 

B. Relatively Localized Syndromes of the Head and Neck

II. Neuralgias of the Head and Face 

III. Craniofacial Pain of Musculoskeletal Origin 

IV. Lesions of the Ear, Nose, and Oral Cavity 
 
V. Primary Headache Syndromes, Vascular Disorders, and Cerebrospinal Fluid Syndromes
 
   Headache Crosswalk 
 
VI. Pain of Psychological Origin in the Head, Face, and Neck 
 
VII. Suboccipital and Cervical Musculoskeletal Disorders 

VIII. Visceral Pain in the Neck 

C. Spinal Pain, Section 1: Spinal and Radicular Pain Syndromes
 
D. Spinal Pain, Section 2: Spinal and Radicular Pain Syndromes of the Cervical and Thoracic Regions 

IX. Cervical Spinal or Radicular Pain Syndromes 
 
X. Thoracic Spinal or Radicular Pain Syndromes 

E. Local Syndromes of the Upper Limbs and Relatively Generalized Syndromes of the Upper and Lower Limbs

XI. Pain in the Shoulder, Arm, and Hand 
 
XII. Vascular Disease of the Limbs 

XIII. Collagen Disease of the Limbs 

XIV. Vasodilating Functional Disease of the Limbs 
 
XV. Arterial Insufficiency in the Limbs 

XVI. Pain of Psychological Origin in the Lower Limbs 

F. Visceral and Other Syndromes of the Trunk Apart from Spinal and Radicular Pain

XVII. Visceral and Other Chest Pain 
 
XVIII. Chest Pain of Psychological Origin 
 
XIX. Chest Pain Referred from Abdomen or Gastrointestinal Tract 

XX. Abdominal Pain of Neurological Origin 
 
XXI. Abdominal Pain of Visceral Origin 
 
XXII. Abdominal Pain Syndromes of Generalized Diseases 

XXIII. Abdominal Pain of Psychological Origin 
 
XXIV. Diseases of the Bladder, Uterus, Ovaries, Adnexa 
  
XXV. Pain in the Rectum, Perineum, and External Genitalia 

G. Spinal Pain, Section 3: Spinal and Radicular Pain Syndromes of the Lumbar, Sacral, and Coccygeal Regions 

XXVI. Lumbar Spinal or Radicular Pain Syndromes 

XXVII. Sacral Spinal or Radicular Pain Syndromes 

XXVIII. Coccygeal Pain Syndromes 
 
XXIX. Diffuse or Generalized Spinal Pain 
 
XXX. Low Back Pain of Psychological Origin with Spinal  Referral 

H. Local Syndromes of the Lower Limbs

XXXI. Local Syndromes in the Leg or Foot: Pain of Neurological Origin 
 
XXXII. Pain Syndromes of the Hip and Thigh of Musculoskeletal Origin 
 
XXXIII. Musculoskeletal Syndromes of the Leg 

Part III Pain Terms: A Current List with Definitions and Notes on Usage
 
Index

Reviews

"This new taxonomy revision will appeal to all clinicians, educators, and researchers in the field of pain. Students will find that it provides the essential foundation and standard description of pain syndromes for their learning..."
The Clinical Journal of Pain

"...our colleagues [within IASP] have undertaken a significant task and performed admirably on the completion of this classification of chronic pain."
Headache Quarterly

"...this volume embodies the current consensus in the classification of chronic and painful conditions...[it] should be required reading for students of chronic pain at all levels. It should serve as the standard for definition of chronic pain terms and as such be part of every practitioner's chronic pain library."
Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain

"...the 167 pages of detailed description of pain syndromes (including definition, main features, associated symptoms, usual course) provide a wealth of concise, useful information to the clinician that may well be mimicked by standard pain textbooks...[It] should be on the bookshelf of every pain clinic, and will be very useful for anesthetists subspecializing in chronic pain management."
Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

"This monograph is essential reading for all practitioners who are involved in the care of patients with chronic pain, and a copy should be available for immediate reference wherever such care is provided."
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

"This book is a useful, maybe even essential, reference for clinicians treating patients with chronic pain and researchers studying chronic pain. It provides the best categories we have for communicating about these vexing problems to our colleagues and the public."
APS Bulletin