MANAGEMENT OF PATIENT WITH LOW BACK PAIN

• Main Author: Doroteja Drobnič-Kovač
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Slovenian Medical Association 2002-02-01
• Series: Zdravniški Vestnik
• Subjects: prevalence; absenteeism; course; diagnosis; conservative treatment
• Online Access: http://vestnik.szd.si/index.php/ZdravVest/article/view/1571

<p>Background. Low back pain is one of the most frequent reasons for consulting general practitioner. Little is known about etiology and pathogenesis of low back pain. General practitioner use different methods for the treatment of patients with low back pain. The choice of kind of therapy is not related with the used diagnostic method. A large variety of therapeutic interventions is available for the treatment of low back pain, but the effectiveness of most of them has not been demonstrated. The treatment of low back pain is mainly conservative and symptomatic.</p><p>Conclusions. In the article are reviewed and critically evaluated different diagnostic and therapeutic methods used by physicians for the treatment of patients with low back pain. Results of existing studies suggest that applied therapeutic treatments mainly do not base on scientific based results.<br /><br /></p>