Low back related leg pain: development and preliminary validation of a new classification system

Low back related leg pain: development and preliminary validation of a new classification system

Background summary. Leg pain is a common complaint in relation to low back pain (LBP), present in up to 65% of all patients with LBP. Radiating leg pain is an important predictor for chronicity of LBP and an indicator of the severity of the disorder. Consequently patients with back and leg pain acco...

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Main Author: Schäfer, Axel
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2009
Subjects:
peripheral nerve sensitization
low back pain (LBP)
leg pain
homogenous subgroups
denervation
mechanism based classification
musculoskeletal
pathoanatomy
radiating
neuropathic sensitization
pathomechanisms
classification systems
nerve injury
symptom response
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/235

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