Spinal pain syndromes

Michał Morton

ISSN: 1505-8409

Przewodnik Lekarza/Guide for GPs

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5/2008
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Spinal pain syndromes

Michał Morton

Przew Lek 2008; 5: 45-55

Online publish date: 2008/12/30

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Spinal pain syndromes are becoming one of the most serious problems in present-day medicine. The morbidity rate is higher than in cardiovascular system diseases. There are multiple causes of ailments but the most important seem to be degenerative and proliferative changes in the vertebral structures, leading to irritation of nerve endings in the intervertebral discs, articular surfaces, ligaments and adjacent muscles. Ailments can be made worse and prolonged by additional factors such as socioeconomic and psychological conditions, education level and patient’s activity. For that reason therapeutic management should be interdisciplinary and focused on cooperation of different specialists – physicians and therapists. Regardless of this, it should always be remembered that the patient should be examined carefully to exclude more dangerous causes of ailments, not concerning the spine itself.

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Spinal pain syndromes

Michał Morton

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