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Review

Neuropathic Pain and Ultrasonography: A Multiperspective Literature Evaluation

by
Daniele Coraci
1,*,
Serena Vincenza Capobianco
2,
Marcello Romano
3,
Salvatore Calvaruso
4,
Michele Vecchio
5,
Silvia Giovannini
6,
Claudia Loreti
6,
Augusto Fusco
6,
Stefano Masiero
1,
Valter Santilli
7 and
Luca Padua
6,8
1
Department of Neuroscience, Section of Rehabilitation, University of Padova, 35121 Padua, Italy
2
CTO “Andrea Alesini” Hospital, 00145 Rome, Italy
3
Neurology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia Cervello, 90146 Palermo, Italy
4
Italian Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 00198 Rome, Italy
5
Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy
6
UOC Neuroriabilitazione ad Alta Intensità, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
7
Department of Anatomical and Histological Sciences, Legal Medicine and Orthopedics, “Sapienza” University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
8
Department of Geriatrics and Orthopedics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Diagnostics 2021, 11(9), 1705; https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11091705
Submission received: 27 July 2021 / Revised: 12 September 2021 / Accepted: 15 September 2021 / Published: 17 September 2021
(This article belongs to the Section Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics)
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Abstract

Among the tools useful for the management of neuropathic pain, ultrasound presents several advantages, shown by the literature. We assessed the scientific production about neuropathic pain and ultrasound from different points of view: general topics, journal categories, geographical origin and lexical analysis. We searched papers on PubMed using the Medical Subject Headings “neuropathic pain” AND “ultrasound”. We collected data about the journals where the papers were published, the country of the affiliation of the first author. For the lexical analysis, we evaluated the presence of selected words in the papers, and we built a graph representing the connections among words and papers. The papers were focused on the use of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool and guide for the therapy, assessing its application in different diseases such as Morton’s neuroma and piriformis syndrome. The most represented journal category was anesthesia while the most common country the United States of America. The lexical analysis confirmed the importance of ultrasound for diagnosis of specific disease and treatment of pain. The described approaches provide a multiperspective evaluation of the literature and may support the interpretation of the information contained by the papers.
Keywords: pain; ultrasound; rehabilitation; graph-theory; diagnosis; treatment pain; ultrasound; rehabilitation; graph-theory; diagnosis; treatment

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Coraci, D.; Capobianco, S.V.; Romano, M.; Calvaruso, S.; Vecchio, M.; Giovannini, S.; Loreti, C.; Fusco, A.; Masiero, S.; Santilli, V.; et al. Neuropathic Pain and Ultrasonography: A Multiperspective Literature Evaluation. Diagnostics 2021, 11, 1705. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11091705

AMA Style

Coraci D, Capobianco SV, Romano M, Calvaruso S, Vecchio M, Giovannini S, Loreti C, Fusco A, Masiero S, Santilli V, et al. Neuropathic Pain and Ultrasonography: A Multiperspective Literature Evaluation. Diagnostics. 2021; 11(9):1705. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11091705

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Coraci, Daniele, Serena Vincenza Capobianco, Marcello Romano, Salvatore Calvaruso, Michele Vecchio, Silvia Giovannini, Claudia Loreti, Augusto Fusco, Stefano Masiero, Valter Santilli, and et al. 2021. "Neuropathic Pain and Ultrasonography: A Multiperspective Literature Evaluation" Diagnostics 11, no. 9: 1705. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11091705

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Coraci, D., Capobianco, S. V., Romano, M., Calvaruso, S., Vecchio, M., Giovannini, S., Loreti, C., Fusco, A., Masiero, S., Santilli, V., & Padua, L. (2021). Neuropathic Pain and Ultrasonography: A Multiperspective Literature Evaluation. Diagnostics, 11(9), 1705. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11091705

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