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    Rheumatology‎ > ‎

    Back Pain (Acute/Chronic)

    Acute Back Pain 
    Evaluation and Treatment of Acute Low Back Pain AAFP 2007

    Evaluation and Treatment of Acute Low Back Pain AAFP 2007

    Evaluation and Treatment of Acute Low Back Pain AAFP 2007

    Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain (With Algorithm):  ACP/APS Annals 2007

    Diagnosis and Treatment of Low Back Pain (With Algorithm):  ACP/APS Annals 2007

             
    Chronic Back Pain
    • Upper Back Pain
      • Back Examination (Video)
    • Lower Back Pain 
      • Sciatica : Sciatica NEJM 2015
      • Lumbar Canal Stenosis: Lumbar Spinal Stenosis NEJM 2008
      • Persistent Low Back Pain: Persistent Low Back Pain NEJM 2005

    Sciatica 

    Sciatica NEJM 2015

      
    Sciatica NEJM 2015

    Sciatica NEJM 2015

    Sciatica NEJM 2015

    Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

    Lumbar Spinal Stenosis NEJM 2008

    Lumbar Spinal Stenosis NEJM 2008

    Management of lumbar spinal stenosis BMJ 2016

    Management of lumbar spinal stenosis BMJ 2016

    Persistent Low Back Pain

      
    Persistent Low Back Pain NEJM 2005

    Persistent Low Back Pain NEJM 2005

    Case 26-2012 (Brucellosis of Spine) 

    • Additional Reading for Back Pain:
      6/2005 (Brucellosis) 
      Case 4-2011 (B Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Hypercalcemia)


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