Abstract
This article provides a comprehensive review of rheumatologic considerations for a clinician when evaluating a patient with neck pain. Clearly, anatomic derangements of the cervical spine should be considered when a patient complains of cervicalgia. However, one must also entertain the possibility of a systemic illness as the cause of the pain. Examples of diseases that may present with a prominent feature of neck pain are discussed, including rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, myositis, and fibromyalgia. Evidence of an underlying rheumatic illness may guide the clinician in a different therapeutic direction.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 485-502 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1 2011 |
Keywords
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
- Fibromyalgia
- Myositis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Rehabilitation
- Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation