Screen LibraryThe biomechanics of back pain
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| Group Author: | ; |
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| Published: |
Churchill Livingstone,
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| Publisher Address: | Edinburgh New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2002. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | 238 p., 4 p. of plates: ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0443062072 |
| Index Number: | R681 |
| CLC: | R681.5 |
| Call Number: | R681.5/B615 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-229) and index. Introduction -- The lumbar vertebral column and sacrum -- The lumbar spine -- Biology of spinal tissues -- Low back pain -- Epidemiology of low back trouble -- Forces acting on the lumbar spine -- Mechanical function of the lumbosacral spine -- Mechanical damage to the lumbar spine -- Functional pathology -- Preventing and treating back pain -- Medico-legal considerations -- Summary: spinal ageing, degeneration and pain. |