The Biomechanics of Back Pain, 1e [Hardcover]

Michael A. Adams BSc PhD (Author), Nikolai Bogduk BSc(Med) MB BS MD PhD DSc DipAnat DipPainMed FAFRM FAFMM FFPM(ANZCA) (Author), Kim Burton OBE DO PhD Hon FFOM (Author), Patricia Dolan BSc PhD (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0443062072 | ISBN-13: 978-0443062070 | Edition: 1st

Back pain is a common condition that affects a large percentage of the population, creating a significant impact on individual health and employment, as well as on the workload of manual therapy practitioners and orthopedic surgeons. This practical text, written by four key researchers in the field, offers an effective approach to the management and treatment of back pain based on applications of biomechanics. By linking the clinical anatomy of the spine to biomechanics principles, it provides a bridge between anatomy and practical applications. This highly illustrated, up-to-date book is essential reading for anyone involved in the care and treatment of patients with back pain, as well as for those studying its causes and methods of prevention.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This is a comprehensive, structured and well referenced textbook which has been written by established researchers in the speciality of spinal biomechanics. It would be appropriate reading predominantly for post graduate students studying physiotherapy, orthopaedics and ergonimics. It would also be of value for the final year undergraduate students in anatomy and physiotherapy." Sonia Philips, Senior Lecturer, Physiotherapy
book has made me look again at my back-pain patients. This book is a reminder of the standards to which we should all aspire, and our patients expect."Newsletter of the Irish Society of Orthopaedic Medicine
found this book very difficult to put down once I had started it and I think it is an essential purchase for physiotherapy departments and for individuals who treat people with back pain." Sue Mickleburgh MCSP
interest to any practitioner seeking an authoritative, contemporary presentation of the mechanics of back pain. Highly recommended." Robert Moran, BsSc, MHSc(Osteo)
forte is its comprehensive, eveidence based and clinically orientated analysis of the interactions between functional anatomy, functional loading and spinal pathology. The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the biomechanical, and a broad perspective on all other contributing factors. It would be a valuable and concise reference to all dealing with back pain on a day-to-day basis."" Howard M. Turner, Physical Therapy in Sport
book focuses, very strongly, on the biomechanics of the lumbar spine, and draws very hevily on in-vitro work on isolated lumbar motion segments subjected to forces of different kinds in the laboratory. This is an excellent book that should have a long shelf life and should be read by all ergonomists working in the areas of back pain or occupational biomechanics."" Robert Bridger, Ergonomics, February 2004

About the Author

I commenced research into spinal pain, in 1972, when essentially nothing was known about the problem. There being no established groups or departments working on this problem, I forged my own career, using borrowed resources. I commenced in a Department of Anatomy, where I pursued the innervation of the vertebral column as a fundamental element in understanding the sources and mechanisms of spinal pain. Professor Jim Lance fostered this interest, and accommodated my PhD studies. In his department I continued my anatomy studies but was able also to commence clinical applications. I developed and tested new diagnostic and surgical procedures for back pain and for neck pain. While in Professor Lance's Department, I participated in laboratory studies of the mechanisms of migraine. At the University of Queensland I continued to develop and apply the diagnostic and surgical techniques that I started at the University of NSW, serving as an honorary medical officer at the Pain Clinic of Princess Alexandra Hospital. Meanwhile I supervised science and medicine postgraduate students who undertook basic science studies into the biomechanics of the back and neck. At the University of Newcastle, I had established a reputation sufficient to attract a grant from the Motor Accidents Authority of NSW to investigate the cause and treatment of neck pain after whiplash. The grant supported three PhD students over a six year period. They performed studies that validated the diagnostic procedures and which tested the surgical procedures in a placebo-controlled double-blind randomized trial. Having established an international standing in the development and testing of treatments for spinal pain, I participated in the design and analysis of controlled trials conducted elsewhere in Australia and in the USA. These tested the efficacy of: lumbar radiofrequency neurotomy for back pain, intradiscal electrothermal anuloplasty for back pain, prolotherapy for back pain, exercises for neck pain. Between 1997 and 2002 I conducted the National Musculoskeletal Medicine Initiative which developed and tested evidence-based practice guidelines for the management of back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain, knee pain, and pain in the foot, wrist, and elbow. My work has been awarded the Volvo Award for Back Pain Research, the Research Prize of the Cervical Spine Research Society, the Award for Outstanding Research of the North American Spine Society, and three times the Research Prize of the Spine Society of Australia. My students have been awarded research prizes by the International Association for the Study of Pain, the Australian Rheumatology Association, and the Australian New Zealand College of Anaesthetists. I have never had a funded department to which to attract investigators and academics. I have relied on scholarships for students, and the goodwill of private practitioners who wished to contribute to clinical research. Of late, I have been supervising Neurosurgery residents undertaking studies of the outcomes of treatment for Radicular pain and back pain.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone; 1st edition (July 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0443062072
• ISBN-13: 978-0443062070
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #693,146 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent resource., August 8, 2007

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This review is from: The Biomechanics of Back Pain, 2e (Paperback)

Michael Adams has taken a complex medical issue and made it understandable for people with limited medical training. His use of diagrams and graphics is flawless. What was once a mystery is now explained visually in a manner that makes sense.

5.0 out of 5 stars Back Pain, August 6, 2010

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This review is from: The Biomechanics of Back Pain, 2e (Paperback)

One of the best book I readed in this field of knowledge!

Plain language, excellent art work, full of content, as others books with Dr. Bogduk and cols.

Strong recommended!