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Other Common Pain Problems: Fibromyalgia, Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Complex Regional Pain Syndromes

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In the previous chapter we addressed low back pain (LBP or back pain) which is responsible for the majority of visits to a physician by pain patients.

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Vasudevan, S. (2015). Other Common Pain Problems: Fibromyalgia, Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Complex Regional Pain Syndromes. In: Multidisciplinary Management of Chronic Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20322-5_10

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