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Table 6 Common diagnoses used to explain back symptoms

From: Is obesity a risk factor for low back pain? An example of using the evidence to answer a clinical question

Annular tear

Adult spondylolysis

Myofascitis

Fibromyalgia

Disc syndrome

Strain

Spondylosis

Lumbar disc disease

Facet syndrome

Degenerative joint disease

Sprain

Spinal OA

Disc derangement/disruption

 

Dislocation

 

*Other potential causes of low back pain symptomology

Failed Back Surgery Syndrome*

Osteoporosis*

Urinary tract infection*

Compression fracture*

Somato-visceral mimicry syndrome*

 

Organic pathology (tumor, rheumatoid, endometriosis, arthritic disorders)*

Leg length inequity*

 

Sacro-iliac dysfunction*

Hip disorder*

  
 

**Disagreement in research as cause of low back symptomology

Morbid obesity?**

  
  1. OA = osteoarthritis