The low back pain sign and symptom survey for mechanical and inflammatory low back pain

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Introduction Two commonly used labels for low back pain (LBP) are that of “mechanical” (1) or “inflammatory” (2). These labels have no universally accepted definitions. However, there are two distinct types of treatment for low back pain that seem to follow this definitional separation. That is, mechanical treatments (mobilisation, manipulation, traction and exercise) contrasted with anti-inflammatory treatments (medication and injections). The objective of this study was to obtain the opinion of five groups of experts about symptoms/signs that may identify inflammatory and mechanical LBP. 
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\nMethods A convenience sample of 125 practitioners including spine surgeons, rheumatologists, musculoskeletal physicians, chiropractors and physiotherapists was asked to complete a questionnaire. Participants were asked to use a Likert (0-10) scale to indicate the strength of agreement or disagreement with respect to potential signs/symptoms identifying inflammatory or mechanical LBP. Et

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