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Pain in the Spine Rehabilitation Patient

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The goal of this chapter is to provide an overview of common degenerative spine conditions and the multifactorial pain syndromes they represent. These pain syndromes manifest in all regions of the spine. Management and treatment of these patients is as complex as the conditions in which they present.

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  1. Spinal & Skeletal Pain Medicine, 1508 Genesee Street, Utica, NY, 13502, USA

    Nameer R. Haider M.D., F.A.A.P.M&R., D.A.B.P.M. & Jeremy Skiechs B.A.

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    Nameer R. Haider M.D., F.A.A.P.M&R., D.A.B.P.M.

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Haider, N.R., Skiechs, J. (2017). Pain in the Spine Rehabilitation Patient. In: Carayannopoulos DO, MPH, A. (eds) Comprehensive Pain Management in the Rehabilitation Patient. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16784-8_11

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