CLINICAL ASPECTS OF DIAGNOSTICS OF REFERRED SOMATIC PAIN
https://doi.org/10.52485/19986173_2026_2_175
Abstract
The article analyzes the theoretical and experimental issues of referred somatic pain. To objectify the reflected pain syndrome, the use of the pain mapping method is justified.
Keywords
somatic referred pain,
«Taxonomy of pain» from the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP),
pain mapping
Supporting agencies: The study had no financial support.
About the Authors
E. M. Vishnyakova
Chita State Medical Academy, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena M. Vishnyakova, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Medical Genetics
39a Gorky St., Chita, Russia, 672000
V. A. Shirokov
Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene named after F.F. Erisman of the Federal Service for Supervision in Protection of the Rights of Consumer and Man Wellbeing
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vasily A. Shirokov, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Scientific director of the Institute of General and Occupational Pathology
2 Semashko St., Mytishchi, Moscow Region, Russia, 141014
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Vishnyakova E.M., Shirokov V.A. CLINICAL ASPECTS OF DIAGNOSTICS OF REFERRED SOMATIC PAIN. Transbaikalian Medical Bulletin. 2026;(2):175-187. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.52485/19986173_2026_2_175
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