Pain patterns and descriptions in patients with radicular pain: Does the pain necessarily follow a specific dermatome?

Donald R Murphy^1,2,3 , Eric L Hurwitz⁴ , Jonathan K Gerrard⁵ and Ronald Clary⁶

¹  Rhode Island Spine Center, 600 Pawtucket Ave, Pawtucket, RI 02860-6059, USA

²  Department of Community Health, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Box G-A, Providence, RI 02912, USA

³  Department of Research, New York Chiropractic College, 2360 State Route 89, Seneca Falls, New York 13148, USA

⁴  Department of Public Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, USA

⁵  Aquarius Chiropractic, #210 - 179 Davie Street, Vancouver, V6Z 2Y1, Canada

⁶  Private Practice of Chiropractic Medicine, 621 Smith Street, Providence, RI 02908, USA