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Lower Back Pain: An Overview of the Most Common Causes

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When discussing the causes of lower back pain, it is important to make a distinction between acute, subacute, and chronic lower back pain. Acute lower back pain refers to lower back pain that lasts less than 4 weeks. Subacute lower back pain refers to lower back pain that lasts from 4 to 12 weeks. Chronic lower back pain is lower back pain lasting 12 weeks or longer.

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    Grant Cooper

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Cooper, G. (2015). Lower Back Pain: An Overview of the Most Common Causes. In: Non-Operative Treatment of the Lumbar Spine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21443-6_2

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