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Turkish Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
2012 , Vol 58 , Num 1
The Role of an Algologist in the Treatment of Spine Disorders
Chronic spinal pain is a very common and complicated clinical picture in which a therapeutic approach could not have been shown to be superior to the other in long term. When a pain generator could be identified, interventional treatment methods may be a therapeutic choice. Spinal interventions may be efficient both diagnostically and therapeutically in carefully selected patients. When spinal interventions are applied to a correctly chosen patient as a part of a rehabilitation program, they can accelerate recovery, increase function and decrease analgesic use.
Keywords : Chronic spinal pain, interventional pain management, spinal interventions, low back pain, neck pai