RT Book, Section
A1 Gray, Daniel P.
A1 Simopoulos, Thomas T.
A2 Bajwa, Zahid H.
A2 Wootton, R. Joshua
A2 Warfield, Carol A.
SR Print(0)
ID 1131933528
T1 Facetogenic Pain
T2 Principles and Practice of Pain Medicine, 3e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071766838
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1131933528
RD 2024/04/23
AB More  than  60%  of  people  in  developed  countries  will  experience  spinal  pain  at  some  time  in  their  lives.  Back  pain  is  the  most  common  complaint  of  patients  referred  to  pain  clinics.  The  pain  is  nonspecific  in  about  85%  of  the  cases,  and  onset  of  symptoms  is  most  often  between  the  ages  of  35  and  55  years.  According  to  some  sources,  15%  to  45%  of  all  adults  experience  lower  back  pain,  and  1  in  20  people  present  with  a  new  episode  annually.  In  2008,  3.7  million  workplace  injuries  were  reported,  and  of  these,  65%  were  attributed  to  the  low  back.  In  2012,  state  workers’  compensation  programs  provided  almost  $60  billion  in  cash  and  medical  care  benefits.