Description |
430 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
Contents |
Musculoskeletal anatomy, neuroanatomy, and biomechanics of the lumbar spine -- Classification of low back pain and alerts for different age groups -- Spondylogenic back pain : osseous and intervertebral lesions -- Spondylogenic back pain : soft tissue lesions and pain mechanisms -- Epidemiology and natural history of spondylogenic backache -- Spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis -- Inflammatory spondyloarthropathies and lesions of the sacroiliac joints -- The history -- Examination of the back -- Disc degeneration without root irritation : acute and chronic low back pain -- Disc degeneration with root irritation : disc ruptures -- Disc degeneration with root irritation : spinal canal stenosis -- The investigation -- Differential diagnosis of low back pain -- Injections -- Pain |
Notes |
Rev. ed. of: Macnab's backache / John McCulloch, Ensor Transfeldt |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Backache.
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Author |
Transfeldt, Ensor.
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Macnab, Ian.
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McCulloch, John, 1938-
Macnab's backache
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LC no. |
2006029187 |
ISBN |
9780781760850 |
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0781760852 |
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