Society guideline links: Radiculopathy

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Neuropathy" and "Society guideline links: Neuropathic pain".)

International

●International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP): Interventional management of neuropathic pain – NeuPSIG recommendations (2013)

●North American Spine Society (NASS): Evidence-based clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy (2012)

●NASS: Evidence-based clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of cervical radiculopathy from degenerative disorders (2010)

United States

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on low back pain (2021)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on cervical neck pain or cervical radiculopathy (2018)

●Choosing Wisely: Don't do a four limb needle EMG/nerve conduction study (NCS) testing for neck and back pain after trauma (2015, updated 2018)

●Choosing Wisely: Don't do nerve conduction studies without also doing a needle EMG for testing for radiculopathy, a pinched nerve in the neck or back (2015)

●Choosing Wisely: Don't perform dermatomal somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) for a pinched nerve in the neck or back, as they are an unproven diagnostic procedure (2015)

●Choosing Wisely: Don't order an EMG for low back pain unless there is leg pain or sciatica (2014)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on suspected neurological conditions – Recognition and referral (2019)

●British Pain Society (BPS): A pathway for care on low back and radicular pain (2013)

Australia-New Zealand

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Don't perform epidural steroid injections to treat patients with low back pain who do not have radicular symptoms in the legs originating from the nerve roots