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. 2021 Aug 4;143(2):621–625. doi: 10.1007/s00402-021-04080-y

Table 2.

Overview of possible diagnoses in the algorithm

Buttock Lumbar spine Thoracic spine Cervical spine Whole spine

Iliosacral joint block

Sacroilitis

Ankylosing spondylitis

Facet joint arthritis

Herniated disc

Low back pain Spondylodiscitis

Osteoporotic vertebra fracture

Spinal stenosis

Spondylolisthesis

Ankylosing spondylitis

Osteoporotic vertebra fracture

Spondylodiscitis

Thoracic block

Cervicocephalic syndrome

Herniated disc

Myelogelosis

Spinal stenosis

Fibromyalgia

Psychologically induced back pain