Area/Nerve root | Burning | Aching | Sharp | Other/ Not described | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | n | percent | n | percent | n | percent | n | percent |
Cervical | 3 | 3.9 | 40 | 51.9 | 25 | 32.5 | 9 | 11.7 |
Lumbar | 10 | 8.4 | 56 | 47.1 | 45 | 37.8 | 8 | 6.7 |
Chi-square p = 0.3389; p = 0.3806 with "Other" excluded | ||||||||
Cervical Levels | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
C4 | 2 | 28.6 | 3 | 42.9 | 2 | 28.6 | 0 | 0.0 |
C5 | 1 | 6.7 | 6 | 40.0 | 6 | 40.0 | 2 | 13.3 |
C6 | 3 | 5.9 | 24 | 47.1 | 16 | 31.4 | 8 | 15.7 |
C7 | 0 | 0.0 | 24 | 63.2 | 11 | 28.9 | 3 | 7.9 |
Chi-square p = 0.1531; p = 0.1243 with "Other" excluded | ||||||||
Lumbar levels | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
L2 | 2 | 33.3 | 2 | 33.3 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
L3 | 2 | 14.3 | 7 | 50.0 | 4 | 28.6 | 1 | 7.1 |
L4 | 7 | 20.6 | 17 | 50.0 | 8 | 23.5 | 2 | 5.9 |
L5 | 9 | 15.5 | 27 | 46.6 | 19 | 32.8 | 3 | 5.2 |
S1 | 3 | 7.5 | 15 | 37.5 | 18 | 45.0 | 4 | 10.0 |
Chi-square p = 0.7229; p = 0.5031 with "Other" excluded |