Low back related leg pain: An investigation of construct validity of a new classification system

BACKGROUND: Leg pain is associated with back pain in 25–65% of all cases and classified as somatic referred pain or radicular pain. However, distinction between the two may be difficult as different pathomechanisms may cause similar patterns of pain. Therefore a pathomechanism based classification s...

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Main Authors: Schäfer, Axel, Hall, Toby, Rolke, R., Treede, R., Lüdtke, K., Mallwitz, J., Briffa, Kathy
Format: Journal Article
Published: IOS Press 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21291