Lumbar Spine Syndromes : Evaluation and Treatment /

The title expresses most succinctly the subject of this book. No previous publication has attempted to present the differential diagnosis of low back pain, starting with the clinical presentation of the patient to the physician and carrying the discussion through to the conclusion of care in the cor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Andersson, Gunnar B. J.
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	McNeill, Thomas W.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Vienna : Springer Vienna, 1989.
Subjects:	Medicine. Chiropractic. Family medicine. Nervous system > Surgery. Orthopedics. Orthopedic surgery. Rheumatology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Investigations
Treatment modalities
The patient with acute low back pain
The patient with recurrent low back pain
The patient with pain radiating down the leg
The patient with severe unremitting lower back pain
The patient with lower back pain, sciatica, and inability to void
The patient with lower back pain and leg pain with walking
The patient with chronic low back pain
The adult patient with spine deformity and low back pain
Back pain in children
The patient with functional disease/malingering
The patient with a spine tumor
The patient with spinal infection
The patient with inflammatory spine disease
The patient with metabolic bone disease and low back pain
References
Subject Index.