"Neck Pain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Discomfort or more intense forms of pain that are localized to the cervical region. This term generally refers to pain in the posterior or lateral regions of the neck.
| Descriptor ID |
D019547
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.592.612.553
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| Concept/Terms |
Neck Pain- Neck Pain
- Neck Pains
- Pain, Neck
- Pains, Neck
- Neck Ache
- Ache, Neck
- Aches, Neck
- Neck Aches
- Cervicalgia
- Cervicalgias
- Cervicodynia
- Cervicodynias
- Neckache
- Neckaches
- Cervical Pain
- Cervical Pains
- Pain, Cervical
- Pains, Cervical
Posterior Cervical Pain- Posterior Cervical Pain
- Cervical Pain, Posterior
- Cervical Pains, Posterior
- Pain, Posterior Cervical
- Pains, Posterior Cervical
- Posterior Cervical Pains
- Posterior Neck Pain
- Neck Pain, Posterior
- Neck Pains, Posterior
- Pain, Posterior Neck
- Pains, Posterior Neck
- Posterior Neck Pains
Anterior Cervical Pain- Anterior Cervical Pain
- Anterior Cervical Pains
- Cervical Pain, Anterior
- Cervical Pains, Anterior
- Pain, Anterior Cervical
- Pains, Anterior Cervical
- Anterior Neck Pain
- Anterior Neck Pains
- Neck Pain, Anterior
- Neck Pains, Anterior
- Pain, Anterior Neck
- Pains, Anterior Neck
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Neck Pain" by people in Profiles.
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Progressive Bone Formation After Cervical Disc Replacement: Minimum of 5-Year Follow-up. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2018 02 01; 43(3):E163-E170.
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14-Year-Old Boy With Mild Antecedent Neck Pain in Setting of Acute Trauma: A Rare Case of Benign Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Spine. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2016 Mar-Apr; 45(3):E148-52.
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Results of cervical arthroplasty compared with anterior discectomy and fusion: four-year clinical outcomes in a prospective, randomized controlled trial. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2011 Sep 21; 93(18):1684-92.
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Immigration, acculturation and chronic back and neck problems among Latino-Americans. J Immigr Minor Health. 2011 Apr; 13(2):194-201.
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An AOA critical issue. Disc replacements: this time will we really cure low-back and neck pain? J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2004 Feb; 86(2):411-22.
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Cervical spine outcomes questionnaire: its development and psychometric properties. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2002 Oct 01; 27(19):2116-23; discussion 2124.
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Nonoperative treatment of degenerative cervical disk disease. J South Orthop Assoc. 1996; 5(3):207-12.