Axial low back pain: one painful area--many perceptions and mechanisms.

Axial low back pain can be considered as a syndrome with both nociceptive and neuropathic pain components (mixed-pain). Especially neuropathic pain comprises a therapeutic challenge in practical experience and may explain why pharmacotherapy in back pain is often disappointing for both the patient a...

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Main Authors: Matti Förster, Friederike Mahn, Ulrich Gockel, Mathias Brosz, Rainer Freynhagen, Thomas R Tölle, Ralf Baron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3699535?pdf=render