Lombalgia

Question 1

Qual a importancia social da lombalgia e cervicalgia?

Answer 1

The importance of back and neck pain in our society is underscored by the following: (1) the cost of back pain in the United States exceeds $100 billion annually; approximately one-third of these costs are direct health care expenses, and two-thirds are indirect costs resulting from loss of wages and productivity; (2) back symptoms are the most common cause of disability in those <45 years; (3) low back pain is the second most common reason for visiting a physician in the United States; and (4) ∼1% of the U.S. population is chronically disabled because of back pain.

Question 2

Quais as limitações para localização de radiculopatias (ex. ciatalgia e braquialgia)?

Answer 2

While the classic patterns are clinically helpful, there are numerous exceptions because (1) there is overlap in function between adjacent nerve roots, (2) symptoms and signs may be evident in only part of the injured nerve root territory, and (3) the location of pain is the most variable of the clinical features.