Neck and back pain : The scientific evidence of causes, diagnosis, and treatment

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Neck and back pain : The scientific evidence of causes, diagnosis, and treatment

editors Alf L. Nachemson, Egon Jonsson

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2000

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Description

Written by world-renowned spine physicians, this volume presents a global view of what is known about neck and back pain. This evidence-based book emphasizes cost-effective diagnosis and treatment. Twenty-one chapters cover topics that range from epidemiology, psychological factors, and work-related influences to surgical and nonsurgical treatments, a review of social security systems, and recommendations

Table of Contents

  • A review of social influences on neck and back pain and disability
  • psychological risk factors for back and neck pain
  • influences of individual factors and smoking on neck and low back pain
  • work-related influences on neck and low back pain
  • preventive interventions for neck and back pain
  • neurophysiology of back pain. Current knowledge
  • epidemiology of neck and low back pain
  • assessment of patients with neck and back pain. A best evidence synthesis
  • introduction to treatment of neck and back pain
  • conservative treatment of acute and subacute low back pain
  • conservative treatment of chronic low back pain
  • surgical treatment of lumbar disc prolapse and degenerative lumbar disc disease
  • acute and subacute neck pain - non-surgical treatment
  • non-surgical treatment of chronic neck pain
  • surgical treatment of neck pain
  • the utility of cognitive-behavioral psychological treatments
  • approaching patients with low back pain in primary health care
  • cost-effectiveness of treatment for neck and low back pain
  • cost of back pain in some OECD countries
  • a review of social security systems.

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