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Discogenic back pain: part 2

Some discogenic pains cannot be cured. The following low back pain subgroups have been proposed: Mechanically reducible discogenic back pain is defined as pain that responds to mechanical loading methods. However, patients who are insensitive to mechanical loading procedures are referred to as having nonreducible discogenic back pain. Non-reducible discogenic pain (NRDP) is classified as follows: some ruptured outer annulus wall with or without radiculopathy. … Continue reading Discogenic back pain: part 2

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Diagnostic Accuracy, Diagnostic Agreement, Diagnostic Efficiency, Diagnostic Skills, Home, Lower Back Pain, Lumbar, Predictive Values, Research Summaries

The Painful Sacroiliac Joint

A classification method based on symptom behaviour sub-grouping improves treatment outcomes, according to recent research (Fritz and George, 2000; Long et al., 2004). The association between the sacroiliac joint (SIJ) and low back pain has been a source of contention, with some researchers seeing SIJ pain as a key contribution to the problem and others dismissing it as inconsequential or irrelevant. The clinical reasoning technique … Continue reading The Painful Sacroiliac Joint

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