Articles: back-pain.
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Dtsch. Med. Wochenschr. · Apr 2022
[Low back pain from an orthopedic and pain medical point of view].
Low back pain is not a diagnosis but a symptom of various causes. The differentiation between specific and non-specific low back pain is diagnostically difficult and only of limited help with regard to the further therapeutic procedure. ⋯ Early recognition and timely adequate therapy are crucial for the prognosis of chronic low back pain. Low back pain at risk of chronicity or chronic low back pain requires early assessment and the initiation of an interdisciplinary multimodal pain therapy program (IMPT).
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Low back pain is the leading symptom of a family of inflammatory rheumatic diseases grouped under the umbrella term "spondyloarthritides". This paper discusses the main clinical, laboratory, and imaging features of spondyloarthritides in the diagnostic context of low back pain. It also highlights the current therapeutic principles of axial spondyloarthritis.