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11 Cards in this Set
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back pain one of most common reasons ppl seek medical attention. cause of back pain can be found on basis of careful history and physical exam. |
trauma/mechanical vascular infectious/inflammatory/neoplastic degenerative/developmental referred/other non-neurological |
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trauma/mechanical |
disc herniation, spondylolysis, vertebral fracture, arthritis, muscle or ligament strain, soft tissue injury |
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vascular |
spinal cord infarct, subarachnoid hemmorrhage, spinal epidural hematoma |
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infectious/inflammatory/neoplastic |
osteomyelitis, arachnoiditis, primary/metastatic neoplasms |
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degenerative/developmental |
scoliosis, degenerative joint disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
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referred/ other non neurological |
normal and ectopic pregnancy, menses, urinary tract infection, renal stone |
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degenerative disorder of spine (spondylolysis) |
fracture appear in interarticular portion of vertebral bone bn facet joints |
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spondylolisthesis (displacement of vertebral body relative to vertebral body beneath) |
anterolisthesis-anterior displacement of upper vertebral bone (often happen with spondylolysis) retrolisthesis-posterior displacement of upper vertebral bone |
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osteophytes |
bone spur that form on regions of apposition bn adjacent vertebrae bc of chronic degeneration |
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spinal stenosis |
congenital or acquired narrowing of spinal cord |
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referred pain |
pain is felt in part of body other than its actual source occur when sensory info comes to spinal cord from 1 location but is interpreted by CNS as coming from another location innervated by same spinal cord level |
