BACK PAIN IN THE ELDERLY – APPROACHES TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

N. A. Shostak; N. G. Pravdyuk; N. V. Shvireva; V. A. Egorova

doi:10.17650/1818-8338-2011-3-73-77

Klinicist (Jul 2014)

BACK PAIN IN THE ELDERLY – APPROACHES TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

N. A. Shostak,
N. G. Pravdyuk,
N. V. Shvireva,
V. A. Egorova

Affiliations

N. A. Shostak: The Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I.Pirogov
N. G. Pravdyuk: The Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I.Pirogov
N. V. Shvireva: The Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I.Pirogov
V. A. Egorova: The Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I.Pirogov

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17650/1818-8338-2011-3-73-77
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 3
pp. 73 – 77

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The main approaches to diagnosis and treatment of pain in the back of the elderly are presented. The main place is given to varieties of mechanical pain. Clinical features of non-traumatic compression of the vertebrae, approaches to the diagnosis ostheoporosis fractures are described. The problem of the differential diagnosis of infectious, neoplastic, metabolic damage of the spine is discussed. The main therapeutic approaches to the therapy of acute mechanical back pain are identified.

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ISSN: 1818-8338 (Print)
Publisher: ABV-press
Country of publisher: Russian Federation
LCC subjects: Medicine
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