The low back pain handbook : a guide for the practicing clinician /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Hanley & Belfus,
[2003]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Epidemiology
- Anatomy and biomechanics
- Pathophysiology, neurophysiology, and biochemistry of lumbar spine pain : the degenerative cascade model
- A theoretical overview of the diagnosis and management of low back pain : acute vs. chronic pain and the mind/body continuum
- History and past medical history
- The physical examination of the spine and its functional kinetic chain
- Clinical presentation and diagnostic subsets
- Pseudospine pain : conditions that mimic spine pain
- The use of medications for low back pain
- Physical therapy options for lumbar spine pain
- Manipulation
- Return-to-work and functional optimization programs
- Bracing for low back pain
- The lumbar spine : imaging options
- Electrodiagnostic medicine
- Injection procedures
- Psychological considerations
- Surgical options for lumbar spine
- Failed low back surgery syndrome
- - Chronic pain programs
- Implantables : neurostimulation and intrathecal drug delivery systems
- Percutaneous intradiscal therapies
- The lumbar spine and sports
- Low back pain during pregnancy
- Children and adolescents
- Elderly patients
- Myofascial pain, fibromyalgia, and soft tissue causes of low back pain
- Complex regional pain syndrome
- Lumbar whiplash
- Traumatic injuries of the lumbar spine
- Independent medical examinations and disability evaluations
- Assessing impairment of the lumbar spine
- Worker's compensation
- What to do when there is nothing left to do
- Evidence-based medicine
- Basics of personal injury law
- Medical malpractice issues