Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5713078 | The Spine Journal | 2017 | 18 Pages |
Abstract
Patients with WS present a difficult diagnostic challenge for the physician as their organic symptoms are often coexistent with emotional fear avoidance behavior. Although there is more overall pathology in patients without WS, a significant number of these patients appear to have comparable spinal pathology with equivalent severity, which may be contributing to patients' symptoms and disability. Presence of these non-organic symptoms often makes us doubt these patients. However, as part of effective treatment, physicians should better understand both the physical and psychological components of patient disability.
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Authors
J.S. MD, S. BA, H. MD, J. MD, J.U. MD,