Overlooked Physical Diagnoses in Chronic Pain Patients Involved in Litigation, Part 2

Evaluating Chronic Pain Patients Using Methods from Johns Hopkins Hospital Physicians

“…These tests allowed Dr. Long and his colleagues to better diagnosis 70 patients who had been told by their previous physicians that nothing could be done to help their headache and neck pain (34). This research, as well as earlier research by Hendler et al, on 180 patients, led to surgery in 50% to 63% of patients who had been previously told that there was no further treatment for their problems with chronic pain [6,7,34].…”

“…Researchers from Johns Hopkins Hospital have published articles demonstrating that 40% to 80% of chronic pain patients are misdiagnosed [6][7][8][9][10]. For special diagnoses, erroneous diagnoses may reach levels of 92% to 97% for victims of electrical shock, or those mistakenly called fibromyalgia [11,12].…”

Influence of Psychological Factors on Pain and Disability in Anterior Knee Pain Patients

“…As previously explained in this chapter, psychological factors have a big influence as modulators of AKP but there is not enough evidence to state that they are the only factors present at the onset of pain. Hendler 46 believes that psychogenic pain, if in fact does exist, has a very low prevalence (1 in 3,000 patients with chronic pain). Manchikanti, 77 after reviewing psychological aspects of chronic pain, states that psychogenic pain is an illusion.…”

Facial pain from various sources-diagnoses and differential diagnoses

“…A group of from Johns Hopkins Hospital have published a series of reports, indicating that the misdiagnosis rate in chronic pain patients ranges from 40% to 80% [1][2][3][4]. For certain disorders, the misdiagnosis rate may be as high as 97% [5,6].…”