CHAPTER 124 Treatment of Low Back Pain in Pregnancy – Special Considerations Adriana S. Prawak, Brinda S. Kantha, Larry H. Chou INTRODUCTION The occurrence of back pain in pregnancy ranges…
CHAPTER 55 Soft Tissue Injuries Following Whiplash Paul H. Lento, William Sullivan INTRODUCTION Cervical soft tissue injuries resulting from whiplash are often considered controversial. These injuries are presumed to be…
CHAPTER 118 Hip Spine Syndrome Vijay B. Vad, Jennifer L. Solomon, David R. Adin INTRODUCTION Hip and spine syndrome is a condition in which patients experience hip, buttock, and groin…
CHAPTER 64 Therapeutic Injections for the Treatment of Axial Neck Pain and Cervicogenic Headaches Steven P. Cohen, Milan P. Stojanovic INTRODUCTION The treatment of chronic neck pain remains one of…
CHAPTER 111 Deconditioning Terry C. Sawchuk, Eric K. Mayer INTRODUCTION Most patients with an episode of low back pain will improve significantly in a relatively short period of time, while…
CHAPTER 54 Sociocultural Evidence and Whiplash Robert Ferrari, Anthony S. Russell INTRODUCTION Approximately one million diagnoses of whiplash-associated disorders (WAD) are made each year in the United States alone. The…
CHAPTER 38 Bone Biology Robert J. Pignolo, Frederick S. Kaplan GENERAL PRINCIPLES Organization of bone Macroscopically, the skeleton is composed of flat bones (e.g. bones of the skull) and long…
CHAPTER 35 Spondyloarthropathies Joanne Borg-Stein, Bonnie Bermas INTRODUCTION Spondyloarthropathy (SpA) refers to the clinical family of disorders that are characterized as inflammatory rheumatic disorders with manifestations in the vertebral column,…
CHAPTER 9 The Psychiatric and Psychological Evaluation of the Chronic Pain Patient: An Algorithmic Approach David A. Fishbain INTRODUCTION The goals of psychiatric and psychological assessment of the chronic pain…
CHAPTER 74 Thoracic Pain Syndromes Donal F. Harney, Maarten van Kleef Thoracic pain accounts for approximately 5% of all referrals to the authors’ pain clinic in a University Hospital in…
