Effective management of musculoskeletal injury : a clinical ergonomics approach to prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation
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Effective management of musculoskeletal injury : a clinical ergonomics approach to prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation
Churchill Livingstone, 2002
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-264) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In Effective Management of Musculoskeletal Injury the author presents a model for understanding musculoskeletal injuries. He describes the common types of musculoskeletal injury and explores the contributory causes involved before detailing effective models for therapy and methods of management.
Effective Management of Musculoskeletal Injury is research-based. It develops models for the management of musculoskeletal pain that include manual therapy, exercise, ergonomic and psychosocial interventions. Throughout the text particular attention is paid to pain resulting from cumulative and chronic types of injury. The book will be a valuable resource for all practitioners who deal with the management of musculoskeletal pain as part of their day to day practice.Presents a complete system of patient management that treats the injury, the patient with the injury, and the patient's environment.
Examines the interface between ergonomics and manual therapy
The book emphasises understanding the cause of the injury and how these create the symptom picture
Addresses a major clinical problem area (chronic low back pain), which has high costs for the health systems and for employers
Provides a long-term solution to the demands on the time of practitioners by encouraging them to look beyond the presenting patient to the factors in their lifestyle which have created the problem
Topical - the problem of chronic back pain has become a major national crisis
Relevant to a broad spectrum of practitioners.
Table of Contents
Section 1. The injury processThe type of injury. Developing a management model. Understanding the symptoms. Understanding the physiology of the injury process. Ergonomic factors. Psychosocial aspects. Personal factors. Principles of treatment and management.Section 2. Low back painEpidemiology of low back pain. Risk factors for low back pain. The type of injury. Complex low back pain. Management.Section 3. Neck, shoulder and upper limb painNeck pain. Shoulder pain. Elbow, forearm and wrist pain. Nerve entrapments. Multiple tissue disorders. Management strategies for chronic injuries.References.
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