1. •Hvilke årsager der kan være til rygsmerter?

2. •Hvordan man undersøger en patient?

3. •Hvornår skal man scannes?

4. •I hvilke tilfælde du bør kontakte din læge?

 Kilder

Battie, M. C., T. Videman, et al. (2007). "Heritability of low back pain and the role of disc degeneration." Pain 131(3): 272-80.

Boden, S. D., D. O. Davis, et al. (1990). "Abnormal magnetic-resonance scans of the lumbar spine in asymptomatic subjects. A prospective investigation." J Bone Joint Surg Am 72(3): 403-8.

Borkan, J., M. Van Tulder, et al. (2002). "Advances in the field of low back pain in primary care: a report from the fourth international forum." Spine 27(5): E128-32.

Carragee, E., T. Alamin, et al. (2006). "Are first-time episodes of serious LBP associated with new MRI findings?" Spine J 6(6): 624-35.

Hefford, C. (2008). "McKenzie classification of mechanical spinal pain: profile of syndromes and directions of preference." Man Ther 13(1): 75-81.

Hestbaek, L., C. Leboeuf-Yde, et al. (2003). "Low back pain: what is the long-term course? A review of studies of general patient populations." Eur Spine J 12(2): 149-65.

Kalichman, L., L. Li, et al. (2008). "Facet joint osteoarthritis and low back pain in the community-based population." Spine 33(23): 2560-5.

Leboeuf-Yde, C., J. Nielsen, et al. (2009). "Pain in the lumbar, thoracic or cervical regions: do age and gender matter? A population-based study of 34,902 Danish twins 20-71 years of age." BMC Musculoskelet Disord 10: 39.

Manek, N. J. and A. J. MacGregor (2005). "Epidemiology of back disorders: prevalence, risk factors, and prognosis." Curr Opin Rheumatol 17(2): 134-40.

May, S. (2004). "An Audit of Mechanical Diagnosis Classification at Multiple Sites." McKenzie USA Journal 12(3): 36-44.

Pynt, J., M. G. Mackey, et al. (2008). "Kyphosed seated postures: extending concepts of postural health beyond the office." J Occup Rehabil 18(1): 35-45.

Rubin, D. I. (2007). "Epidemiology and risk factors for spine pain." Neurol Clin 25(2): 353-71.

Sundhedsstyrelsen (1999). Ondt i ryggen: Forekomst, behandling og forebyggelse i et MTV-perspektiv. Medicinsk Teknologivurdering Serie B 1999;1(1), Statens Intitut for Medicinsk Teknologivurdering: 120.

Tang, N. K., P. M. Salkovskis, et al. (2008). "Effects of mood on pain responses and pain tolerance: an experimental study in chronic back pain patients." Pain 138(2): 392-401.

Thomas, E., A. J. Silman, et al. (1999). "Predicting who develops chronic low back pain in primary care: a prospective study." Bmj 318(7199): 1662-7.

Urquhart, D. M., R. J. Bell, et al. (2008). "Negative beliefs about low back pain are associated with high pain intensity and high level disability in community-based women." BMC Musculoskelet Disord 9: 148.

van Tulder, M., B. Koes, et al. (2002). "Low back pain." Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 16(5): 761-75.