Adams, Michael A.
Biomechanics of back pain / Michael A. Adams, Nikolai Bogduk, Kim Burton etc - 3rd ed. - Edinburgh : Elsevier, c2013. - viii, 335p. ; ill. : 24cm.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The vertebral column and adjacent structures -- Muscles and fascia of the lumbar spine -- Nerves and blood supply to the lumbar spine -- Back pain -- Epidemiology of back trouble -- Biology of spinal tissues -- Growth and ageing of the spine -- Forces acting on the thoracolumbar spine -- Mechanical function of the thoracolumbar spine -- Mechanical damage to the thoracolumbar spine -- Cervical spine biomechanics -- Posture, creep and "functional pathology" -- Sensorimotor control -- Spinal degeneration -- Preventing back pain -- Conservative management of back pain -- Biomechanics rationale for spinal surgery -- Surgery for disc prolapse, spinal stenosis and back pain -- Medico-legal considerations.
9780702043130
2011037810
Back Pain--etiology.
Physiotherapy
Spine--anatomy & histology.
Spine--physiopathology.
617.5 / ADB
WE 720
Biomechanics of back pain / Michael A. Adams, Nikolai Bogduk, Kim Burton etc - 3rd ed. - Edinburgh : Elsevier, c2013. - viii, 335p. ; ill. : 24cm.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The vertebral column and adjacent structures -- Muscles and fascia of the lumbar spine -- Nerves and blood supply to the lumbar spine -- Back pain -- Epidemiology of back trouble -- Biology of spinal tissues -- Growth and ageing of the spine -- Forces acting on the thoracolumbar spine -- Mechanical function of the thoracolumbar spine -- Mechanical damage to the thoracolumbar spine -- Cervical spine biomechanics -- Posture, creep and "functional pathology" -- Sensorimotor control -- Spinal degeneration -- Preventing back pain -- Conservative management of back pain -- Biomechanics rationale for spinal surgery -- Surgery for disc prolapse, spinal stenosis and back pain -- Medico-legal considerations.
9780702043130
2011037810
Back Pain--etiology.
Physiotherapy
Spine--anatomy & histology.
Spine--physiopathology.
617.5 / ADB
WE 720