LOW BACK PAIN – ORGANIC, PSYCHIATRIC OR MALINGERING?

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  • Christopher Bulstrode

Abstract

Low back  pain  is  a  difficult  diagnosis  in  conventional  western  medicine  where  a  firm  organic  diagnosis  is  required  before  a  treatment  regime  can  be  designed.  This  paper  looks  at  the  reliability  of  some  of  the  tests  used  to  make  the  diagnosis.  The  consequences  of  failing  to  spot  the  rare  but  potentially  serious  diagnosis  is  matched  by  the huge  amount  of  resources  which can  be  wasted  in  over-investigating  many  of  the  common  conditions  which  do  not  require  aggressive  treatment.

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Bulstrode C. LOW BACK PAIN – ORGANIC, PSYCHIATRIC OR MALINGERING?. SRIMEDJ [Internet]. 2013 Nov. 20 [cited 2024 Dec. 27];11(4):269-74. Available from: https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/SRIMEDJ/article/view/13950

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Review Articles