INFLAMMATORY BACK PAIN IN PRIMARY CARE
- 1 November 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Rheumatology
- Vol. 34 (11) , 1074-1077
- https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/34.11.1074
Abstract
Three-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.Keywords
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