"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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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Neck Pain" by people in Profiles.
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The Prevalence and Influence of New or Worsened Neck Pain After a Sport-Related Concussion in Collegiate Athletes: A Study From the CARE Consortium. Am J Sports Med. 2024 Jun; 52(7):1845-1854.
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Incidence of Cervicogenic Headache Following Lower Cervical Radiofrequency Neurotomy. Pain Physician. 2019 03; 22(2):E127-E132.
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Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis Involving the Neck: Radiology-Pathology Correlation. Head Neck Pathol. 2019 Dec; 13(4):648-651.
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Traumatic, high-cervical, coronal-plane spondyloptosis with unilateral vertebral artery occlusion: treatment using a prophylactic arterial bypass graft, open reduction, and instrumented segmental fusion. J Neurosurg Spine. 2014 Feb; 20(2):183-90.
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The impact of obesity on surgeon ratings and patient-reported outcome measures after degenerative cervical spine disease surgery. World Neurosurg. 2014 Jul-Aug; 82(1-2):e345-52.
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Psychological distress in the active duty military spine patient. Mil Med. 2013 Oct; 178(10):1059-64.
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Eagle syndrome revisited: cerebrovascular complications. Ann Vasc Surg. 2012 Jul; 26(5):729.e1-5.
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Occipital cervical stabilization using occipital condyles for cranial fixation: technical case report. Neurosurgery. 2009 Dec; 65(6):E1216-7; discussion E1217.
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Cervical radiculopathy. Dis Mon. 2009 Dec; 55(12):737-56.
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Cervical facet mediated pain. Dis Mon. 2009 Dec; 55(12):729-36.