The patient has back pain: Difference between revisions

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Is sciatica present?

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-Choose one of the following categories according to detailed history and physical examination:
+Is [[sciatica]] present?
-In history ask about pain character, systemic disease, cancer and infection.<br>
-In physical exam check local tenderness, ROM, sign of radiculpathy.
-==[[Musculoskeletal back pain]]==
-key points:History of [[trauma]], [[abnormal posturing]], inflammatory diseases, presence of local tenderness.
-==[[Neurologic back pain]]==
-==[[Referral back pain]]==