Hip Spine Syndrome
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…
Therapeutic Injections for the Treatment of Axial Neck Pain and Cervicogenic Headaches
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…
Deconditioning
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…
Sociocultural Evidence and Whiplash
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…
Bone Biology
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…
Spondyloarthropathies
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,…
The Psychiatric and Psychological Evaluation of the Chronic Pain Patient: An Algorithmic Approach
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…
Thoracic Pain Syndromes
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…
Cervical Discography: Diagnostic Value and Complications
CHAPTER 67 Cervical Discography: Diagnostic Value and Complications Richard Derby, Renée Melfi, Gul Talu, Charles Aprill INTRODUCTION Diagnostic procedures can confirm specific diagnoses. Establishing a correct diagnosis should allow prediction…
Cervical Spine
CHAPTER 66 Cervical Spine Sara Haspeslagh, Jan Van Zundert, Maarten Van Kleef CERVICAL ZYGOAPOPHYSEAL PAIN Clinical syndrome Patients with cervical zygapophyseal (facet) joint pain present commonly with a dull and…
