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Malignering / Non Organic Tests – Are They Real

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  • George Ampat

    (Consultant Orthopedic Spinal Surgeon, Feet and Spine, England)

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Most of the general population will experience an episode of lower back pain at some point during their lifetime. Gross [1] described a lifetime prevalence of over 80% in a telephone survey and Cassidy [2] has reported that low-intensity/low disability back pain in the general population has a lifetime incidence of 84%. Most rested and took painkillers but about 30% sought medical advice. Deyo [3] examined data from the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and described that the cumulative lifetime prevalence of lower back pain lasting longer than 2 weeks was 13.8%. Interestingly, the presentation varied according to age, gender, and educational status. Most rested with heat packs and reported that these helped.

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  • George Ampat, 2016. "Malignering / Non Organic Tests – Are They Real," Orthopedics and Rheumatology Open Access Journals, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 4(1), pages 29-33, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:joroaj:v:4:y:2016:i:1:p:29-33
    DOI: 10.19080/OROAJ.2016.04.555631
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