BACK PAIN IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. A NONINVASIVE EXAMINATION ALGORITHM AND CURRENT THERAPY


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To understand the phenomenon of pain, it is essential to identify its 2 types -acute and chronic. The bulk of researches and publications, the subject of which is pain, deal with the comprehensive study of the epidemiology, clinical picture, diagnosis, and treatment of this pathological condition in adults whereas the pediatric aspects of this problem receive much less attention. Among the pain syndromes, headache (up to 42%) and neck and back pains (up to 60%) are most common. Back pain is a symptom of the multitude of spinal and visceral diseases. Its treatment is considered to be one of the priorities, as considered by the World Health Organization.

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