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Acute Back Syndrome--A Study from General Practice
- Source :
- BMJ. 2:82-84
- Publication Year :
- 1966
- Publisher :
- BMJ, 1966.
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Abstract
- an important cause of industrial disability (Troup, 1965), little discussion of it is given in the standard textbooks of orthopaedics. As the aetiology, pathology, and prognosis are all obscure, this lack of attention is understandable. To many minds acute lower back pain, with or without sciatica, suggests as a first possibility prolapsed lumbar intervertebral disc; to others the "osteopathic lesion" is the common explanation (Stoddard, 1959). This paper represents an attempt to measure the incidence of " acute backs " in one general practice and to note if a cause such as back strain is often present. An effort has also been made to discover if any aspects of the clinical condition have a significant influence on the duration of the initial attack or the liability to recurrence.
- Subjects :
- Sciatica
Back strain
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
General Engineering
Alternative medicine
Papers and Originals
General Medicine
Bioinformatics
Duration (philosophy)
Orthopedic surgery
General practice
Back pain
medicine
Etiology
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
medicine.symptom
Intensive care medicine
business
General Environmental Science
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Details
- ISSN :
- 14685833 and 09598138
- Volume :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMJ
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....150fc7ff81510588ee8dd50d994bdcd7