International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
Nonprofit association dedicated to furthering research on pain and improving the care of patients with pain. Based in Seattle, Washington. www.iasp-pain.org/
A systematic review illustrates that lumbar provocation discography performed according to the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) criteria may be a useful tool for evaluating chronic lumbar discogenic pain. The evidence is weaker for cervical and nonexistent for thoracic discography 1).
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Manchikanti L, Soin A, Benyamin RM, Singh V, Falco FJ, Calodney AK, Grami V,
Hirsch JA. An Update of the Systematic Appraisal of the Accuracy and Utility of
Discography in Chronic Spinal Pain. Pain Physician. 2018 Mar;21(2):91-110. PubMed
PMID: 29565943.