title: [Pseudo-radicular referred leg pain].
abstract: Pseudo-radicular leg pain as initially described by Bruegger more than 55 years ago was at that time a genius explanation for so many non-radicular pain syndromes that needed not any kind of surgical intervention but in first line a manual treatment or a treatment by therapeutic local anesthetics. Today we describe this pain as a "referred pain" originating from other anatomic structures that may occur during the development of chronic pain. Nevertheless this pain is found in many patients and it still seems to be a big problem for many physicians and surgeons. Imaging does not help either. The history and the clinical symptoms, the examinations, the chain reactions in the motor system as well as the treatment options from the point of view of manual medicine are described.
authors.affiliation: Orthopädische Praxis, Mendestr. 7, 28203, Bremen, Deutschland. heymann@cosit.de.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: von Heymann
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000294:innervation*; D026201:Musculoskeletal Manipulations; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010147:Pain Measurement; D053591:Referred Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*
keywords: Chronic pain; Manual therapies; Motor system; Musculoskeletal system; Neurophysiology