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01.04.2014 | Orthopaedic Case of the Month
A 33-year-old Man With Low Back Pain
verfasst von:
Dafang Zhang, MD, Kathryn Hess, BA, G. Petur Nielsen, MD, Joseph H. Schwab, MD
Erschienen in:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Ausgabe 4/2014
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Excerpt
A 33-year-old man was evaluated in the clinic for a 9-month history of low back pain. The pain was dull and low grade, worse with activity, occasionally waking him at night. He had no history of antecedent trauma. He had no radiation of pain, focal neurologic symptoms, balance difficulties, or difficulties with fine motor tasks. He had tried aspirin with variable relief, and acupuncture and chiropractic care with no significant improvement. He had no medical conditions, never had spine surgery, and never smoked. He exercised daily doing weight lifting and martial arts, with which his back pain interfered. …