Table 1.

Differential Diagnosis of Low Back Pain

Uncomplicated low back pain
Disc degeneration
Uncomplicated sciatica
Myofascial pain
Fracture
Spinal stenosis
Spinal instability
Facet arthropathy
Infection
Neoplasms
Referred pain
    Ischemia
    Visceral organ pain
Congenital deformity
Neuropathic pain
    Peripheral
    Central
    Complex regional pain syndrome
    Fibromyalgia
Psychogenic pain
    Litigation-associated pain
    Exaggeration reaction
    Somatization disorders
Pseudoaddiction
Drug diversion