INFLAMMATORY BACK PAIN IN PRIMARY CARE
1995; Oxford University Press; Volume: 34; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1093/rheumatology/34.11.1074
ISSN1462-0332
Autores Tópico(s)Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
ResumoThree-hundred-and-thirteen back pain sufferers completed a screening questionnaire for inflammatory back pain. This was positive in 46 (15%), who were invited for a further examination. Only two of these patients had definite ankylosing spondylitis. Eighteen of them (39%) had other features associated with spondyloarthropathy. It is suggested that up to 5% of back pain sufferers may have a mild form of ankylosing spondylitis that may never progress to definite ankylosis, but for whom treatment as if they had ankylosing spondylitis may be of benefit.
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