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The majority of patients who present with back pain to a primary care setting will have nonspecific back pain (Deyo and Weinstein, N Engl J Med, 344: 363–370, 2001). Acute back pain less than 4 weeks’ duration is usually self-limited, but rare cases may reflect serious systemic etiology. It is important to look for evidence of the specific etiology of back pain.

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  1. Department of Medicine, Okinawa Chubu Hospital, 281 Miyazao, Uruma City, Okinawa, Japan

    Mitsuyo Kinjo MD, MPH

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  1. Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA

    Elana Sydney

  2. Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA

    Eleanor Weinstein

  3. Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA

    Lisa M. Rucker

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Kinjo, M. (2018). Back Pain. In: Sydney, E., Weinstein, E., Rucker, L. (eds) Handbook of Outpatient Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68379-9_23

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