What it is
An inflammatory condition mainly affecting the sacroiliac joints and spine. Inflammatory back pain should not be treated as mechanical pain without medical assessment.
Typical clinical symptoms
- Back or buttock pain improving with movement
- Prolonged morning stiffness and night pain
- Younger onset, alternating buttock pain or other inflammatory features
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Scientific literature
External publications selected for this topic. Their scope may cover a specific condition, population or intervention within this topic; they do not constitute an individual treatment plan.
ASAS-EULAR recommendations for the management of axial spondyloarthritis: 2022 update
Clinical recommendations · 2023
Persistent Pain
When is medical reassessment needed?
New or progressive pain with fever, unexplained weight loss, a history of cancer, fracture risk after trauma, neurological weakness, saddle numbness, bladder or bowel change, or loss of balance requires prompt or emergency assessment according to the symptoms.
Descriptions are for orientation. Diagnosis follows history, clinical examination and, only when indicated, imaging or laboratory tests.
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