The Biomechanics of Back Pain-3판

Authored by experts of international renown, the new edition of The Biomechanics of Back Pain forms a bridge between
the latest research and the effective clinical management of patients with back problems. Now published for the first
time in full colour, this popular volume now has a bonus website which contains useful PowerPoint presentations,
including seminars entitled Back Pain and Forces on the Spine as well as an overview of the Psychosocial Flags
Framework.


The Biomechanics of Back Pain is essential for all clinicians involved in the care and treatment of patients with back
pain, as well as for those studying its causes and methods of prevention.


Table of Contents
1. Introduction

2. The vertebral column and adjacent structures

3. Muscles and fascia of the lumbar spine

4. Nerves and blood supply to the lumbar spine

5. Back pain

6. Epidemiology of back trouble

7. Biology of spinal tissues

8. Growth and ageing of the spine

9. Forces acting on the thoracolumbar spine

10. Mechanical function of the thoracolumbar spine

11. Mechanical damage to the thoracolumbar spine

12. Cervical spine biomechanics

13. Posture, creep and "functional pathology"

14. Sensorimotor control

15. Spinal degeneration

16. Preventing back pain

17. Conservative management of back pain

18. Biomechanics rationale for spinal surgery

19. Surgery for disc prolapse, spinal stenosis and back pain

20. Medico-legal considerations

21. Summary and Conclusions