[Pathopsychological aspects of low back pain]
A I Krupatkin1, A A Kuleshov1, T V Sokolova1
1Priorov Central Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Moscow, Russia.
Abstract:
Low back pain is one of the most common causes of disability in the world. Discogenic process is the leading component of the disease. A significant part of these pain syndromes become chronic that leads to disability and social maladjustment. Chronic low back pain is hard to treat due to the several types of pathogenesis. The paper analyzes the etiology, mechanisms of development, clinical features, specific characteristics, pathomorphology of the formation of psychogenic component of pain. A role of comorbid psychogenic states involved in the chronization of low back pain is considered. Main approaches to treatment of the psychogenic component of pain are presented.
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