The initial approach to treatment for a patient with low back pain or leg pain associated with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis with or without spinal stenosis consists of short-term bed rest ...

The authors assume that there exists something called “unspecific” back pain, the causes of which are all but unidentifiable (1). If there is any such thing at all as back pain with no somatic ...

The symptoms associated with lumbar spinal stenosis are ... Assessment System for the Differential Diagnosis of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes. JOM 2005; 27: 71–80.

The differential diagnosis ... of pain, improvement or resolution of neurologic deficit, and improvement in the quality of life. Traditionally, the surgical management of degenerative lumbar ...

amc.uva.nl An 11-year-old high-level competitive female gymnast presented with back pain. Approximately 10 months earlier, she experienced acute pain in the (thoracic-lumbar) mid-spine during a ...

the symptoms were intractable back pain caused by lytic bone lesions, hypercalcemia and lymphadenopathy. However, the most important step in making the diagnosis was considering the possibility of ...