Open AccessRecognition of inflammatory back pain and ankylosing spondylitis in primary care
Author(s) -
Ramesh Jois,
Alexander Macgregor,
Karl Gaffney
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
rheumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.957
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1462-0332
pISSN - 1462-0324
DOI - 10.1093/rheumatology/ken224
Subject(s) - medicine , ankylosing spondylitis , global positioning system , primary care , physical therapy , radiological weapon , back pain , family medicine , alternative medicine , surgery , pathology , telecommunications , computer science
The diagnosis of AS is often delayed in primary care. This may partly be due to inability to differentiate inflammatory back pain (IBP) from mechanical. The aim of this study was to assess current practice of general practitioners (GPs) in using clinical, radiological and laboratory investigations to assess patients with IBP.