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Low Back Pain, a Comprehensive Review: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment.

Urits, Ivan
Burshtein, Aaron
Sharma, Medha
Testa, Lauren
Gold, Peter A.
Orhurhu, Vwaire
Viswanath, Omar
Jones, Mark R.
Sidransky, Moises A.
Spektor, Boris
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Abstract

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Low back pain encompasses three distinct sources: axial lumbosacral, radicular, and referred pain. Annually, the prevalence of low back pain in the general US adult population is 10-30%, and the lifetime prevalence of US adults is as high as 65-80%.

RECENT FINDINGS: Patient history, physical exam, and diagnostic testing are important components to accurate diagnosis and identification of patient pathophysiology. Etiologies of low back pain include myofascial pain, facet joint pain, sacroiliac joint pain, discogenic pain, spinal stenosis, and failed back surgery. In chronic back pain patients, a multidisciplinary, logical approach to treatment is most effective and can include multimodal medical, psychological, physical, and interventional approaches. Low back pain is a difficult condition to effectively treat and continues to affect millions of Americans every year. In the current investigation, we present a comprehensive review of low back pain and discuss associated pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment.

SUMMARY: Low back pain is a difficult condition to effectively treat and continues to affect millions of Americans every year. In the current investigation, we present a comprehensive review of low back pain and discuss associated pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment.

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Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2019 Mar 11;23(3):23. doi: 10.1007/s11916-019-0757-1. Link to article on publisher's site

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10.1007/s11916-019-0757-1
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Lauren Testa participated in this study as a medical student in the Senior Scholars research program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

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