TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 9. Approach to the Patient with Neck Pain
A1  - Borenstein, David
A2  - Imboden, John B.
A2  - Hellmann, David B.
A2  - Stone, John H.
PY  - 2013
T2  - CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Rheumatology, 3e
AB  - Neck  pain  is  a  common  musculoskeletal  symptom  and  accounts  for  a  sizeable  portion  of  the  9.3  million  physician  visits  annually  in  the  United  States  for  soft  tissue  disorders.  Of  those  individuals  with  neck  pain,  81%  were  between  the  ages  of  18  and  64  years  as  reported  by  the  United  States  Bone  and  Joint  Decade  in  2008.  Mechanical  disorders  cause  90%  of  neck  pain  episodes.  Mechanical  neck  pain  may  be  defined  as  pain  secondary  to  overuse  of  a  normal  anatomic  structure  or  pain  secondary  to  trauma  or  deformity  of  an  anatomic  structure  (Figure  9–1).  Mechanical  disorders  are  characterized  by  exacerbation  and  alleviation  of  pain  in  direct  correlation  with  particular  physical  activities.  Neck  pain  due  to  mechanical  disorders  decreases  within  2–4  weeks  in  over  50%  of  patients;  symptoms  usually  resolve  within  2–3  months.  
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PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57271013
ER  -