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Psychological factors in the failed back
1Rehabilitation Medicine and Pain Service, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.
International Disability Studies
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Pain is a complex phenomenon. Lack of understanding of its nature leads to two common mistakes in the failed back, firstly to look for a discrete physical cause and secondly to ascribe pain to psychological causes. This paper explores the nature of pain in the failed back and discusses the implications for treatment.