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Evaluation and Treatment of Posterior Neck Pain in Family Practice

Alan B. Douglass and Edward T. Bope
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice November 2004, 17 (suppl 1) S13-S22; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.17.suppl_1.S13
Alan B. Douglass
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    Normal neck anatomy.

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    Dermatomal pattern of radicular pain.

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    Algorithm for the management of patients with neck pain.

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    Table 1.

    Differential Diagnosis of Neck Pain

    Biomechanical causes
        Axial neck pain
        Whiplash associated disorder (WAD)
        Radiculopathy
        Cervical myelopathy
        Infection
        Neoplasm
    Rheumatic causes
        Rheumatoid arthritis
        Ankylosing spondylitis
        Spondyloarthropathies
        Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
    Dystonia
    Trauma
    Torticollis
    Referred pain
    Fibromyalgia
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Evaluation and Treatment of Posterior Neck Pain in Family Practice
Alan B. Douglass, Edward T. Bope
The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice Nov 2004, 17 (suppl 1) S13-S22; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.17.suppl_1.S13

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice Nov 2004, 17 (suppl 1) S13-S22; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.17.suppl_1.S13
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