McGregor A H, Hughes S P
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London.
Hosp Med. 1998 Jun;59(6):492-5.
In any illness, the severity of symptoms and their effect on lifestyle are very important to the patient. Pain in the back may indicate simple backache which most people have at some time, a number of serious spinal diseases or low back disability. It is important to establish to which category a patient belongs, and this article will outline some of the methods by which this can be achieved.
在任何疾病中，症状的严重程度及其对生活方式的影响对患者来说都非常重要。背部疼痛可能表明是大多数人在某些时候都会出现的单纯背痛、一些严重的脊柱疾病或下背部功能障碍。确定患者属于哪一类很重要，本文将概述一些可实现这一目标的方法。
