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The cervico-lumbar syndrome

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Low back pain literature fills entire walls — an indication of the clinical importance of the problem. Two thirds of the cases commonly considered as ‘vertebrogenic’ are localized in the lumbar region3, and almost everybody will undergo a attack of low back pain some time15.

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John K. Paterson MB, BS, MRCGP (President of the British Association of Manipulative Medicine; Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee and Chairman of the Terminology Subcommittee of the Fédération Internationale de Médecine Manuelle)Loïc Burn BA, MRCS, LRCP, DPhysMed (President of the Fédération Internationale de Médecine Manuelle; Past President of the British Association of Manipulative Medicine; Member Ex-Committee, Scientific Section, British League against Rheumatism; Member, Council of Management, National Back Pain Association)

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Biedermann, H. (1990). The cervico-lumbar syndrome. In: Paterson, J.K., Burn, L. (eds) Back Pain. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2165-8_35

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