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Title:

The biomechanics of back pain / Michael A. Adams ... [et al.].

Edition:

3rd ed.

Publisher:

Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

viii, 335 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Backache.
Human mechanics.
Back Pain--etiology.
Biomechanics.
Spine--anatomy & histology.
Spine--physiopathology.

Other Authors:

Adams, Michael A. (Michael Anthony), 1953-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

0702043133
9780702043130

OCLC:

(OCoLC)752287015

LCCN:

2011037810

Locations:

LVOX826 -- Palmer College of Chiropractic (Davenport)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)