Medical Causes of Low Back Pain
CHAPTER 76 Medical Causes of Low Back Pain Stefano Negrini, Donatella Bonaiuti, Marco Monticone, Carlo Trevisan INTRODUCTION Pain arising in the lumbar region of the spine can be due to…
Pathophysiologic Evidence of Injury
CHAPTER 53 Pathophysiologic Evidence of Injury Nikolai Bogduk Imaging is the conventional approach to finding evidence of injury. When major trauma to the neck results in fractures or dislocations, these…
Spinal Ablative Techniques for the Treatment of Chronic Pain Conditions
CHAPTER 109 Spinal Ablative Techniques for the Treatment of Chronic Pain Conditions Julius Fernandez, Claudio A. Feler INTRODUCTION The interruption of pathways of the nervous system concerned with pain is…
Epidemiology of Back Pain in Pregnancy
CHAPTER 122 Epidemiology of Back Pain in Pregnancy Per O.J. Kristiansson INTRODUCTION Low back pain is an important and commonly occurring public health problem with high impact to the person,…
Epidemiology of Injuries
CHAPTER 127 Epidemiology of Injuries Mark D. Tyburski, Joel M. Press INTRODUCTION Back pain is one of the most common reasons patients seek medical care. Low back pain is the…
Osteoporosis
CHAPTER 39 Osteoporosis Christopher J. Mattern, Julie T. Lin, Joseph M. Lane INTRODUCTION Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease characterized by compromised bone strength that predisposes the skeleton to fracture….
Sedation for Percutaneous Procedures
CHAPTER 22 Sedation for Percutaneous Procedures Mohammad Uddin, Salahadin Abdi INTRODUCTION ‘Sedation and analgesia’ describe a state in which patients can tolerate unpleasant procedures while maintaining cardiac and respiratory function…
Medical Rehabilitation – Lumbar Axial Pain
CHAPTER 90 Medical Rehabilitation – Lumbar Axial Pain William Micheo, Carmen E. López-Acevedo INTRODUCTION Axial low back pain is a common complaint of patients visiting physicians who practice musculoskeletal and…
Injection Procedures
CHAPTER 83 Injection Procedures Jaro Karppinen, Jukka-Pekka Kouri PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF RADICULAR LUMBAR PAIN Lumbar radicular pain, i.e. sciatica, in this context is defined as pain referred from the back into…
History and Principles of Pain Rehabilitation
CHAPTER 110 History and Principles of Pain Rehabilitation Hubert L. Rosomoff, Renee Steele-Rosomoff, Elsayed Abdel-Moty INTRODUCTION Pain rehabilitation is a specific form of rehabilitation medicine applied to the management of…
