Diseases

Back Pain

Acute or chronic pain located in the posterior regions of the THORAX; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; or the adjacent regions.

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Abstract

Acute or chronic pain located in the posterior regions of the THORAX; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; or the adjacent regions.

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Synonyms

17 entry terms
  • Back Ache
  • Backache
  • Ache, Back
  • Aches, Back
  • Back Aches
  • Back Pains
  • Backaches
  • Pain, Back
  • Pains, Back
  • Back Pain with Radiation
  • Back Pain without Radiation
  • Vertebrogenic Pain Syndrome
  • Pain Syndrome, Vertebrogenic
  • Pain Syndromes, Vertebrogenic
  • Syndrome, Vertebrogenic Pain
  • Syndromes, Vertebrogenic Pain
  • Vertebrogenic Pain Syndromes

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; "lombo-sciatique" in French texts is indexed under LOW BACK PAIN and SCIATICA

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History Note

93; was BACKACHE 1963-92

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WE 720

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Back Pain. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001416. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001416
  2. Back Pain. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_pain
  3. Back Pain. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5781808