Early differential diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis among patients with low back pain in primary care

Allan Riis, Jens Lykkegaard Olesen, Janus Laust Thomsen

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Abstract

Diagnosing and treating low back pain (LBP) is a worldwide major primary care challenge in which a differential diagnosis between non-specific LBP and conditions with a known pathology is essential for choosing the optimal treatment strategy. The time required for the diagnosis of a condition such as ankylosing spondylitis (AS) was previously found too long. However, a recently published paper by Bashir et al. found that distinct episodes of axial pain separated by more than 6 months seem more predictive than currently applied characteristics in reaching an early diagnosis of AS.

Original languageEnglish
Article number90
JournalBMC Family Practice
Volume21
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)1-3
Number of pages3
ISSN1471-2296
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 May 2020

Keywords

  • physiotherapy

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