The biomechanics of back pain / Bogduk Nikolai, Michael A. Adams ... [et al.].
Contributor(s): Adams, Michael A. (Michael Anthony).
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TextPublisher: Edinburgh ; New York : Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, c2013Edition: 3rd ed.Description: 335 p.ISBN: 9780702043130; 0702043133.Subject(s): Backache. -- School of Health Sciences | Human mechanics. -- School of Health Sciences | Back Pain -- School of Health Sciences | Biomechanics. -- School of Health Sciences | Spine -- School of Health Sciences | Spine -- School of Health SciencesDDC classification: RD 771 .B21 2013 | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Kirinyaga University Library General Stacks | Non-fiction | RD 771 .B21 2013 (Browse shelf) | Available | KyU/2020/7835 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-325) and index.
The vertebral column and adjacent structures -- Muscles and fascia of the lumbar spine -- Nerves and blood supply to the lumbar spine -- Back pain -- Epidemiology of back trouble -- Biology of spinal tissues -- Growth and ageing of the spine -- Forces acting on the thoracolumbar spine -- Mechanical function of the thoracolumbar spine -- Mechanical damage to the thoracolumbar spine -- Cervical spine biomechanics -- Posture, creep and "functional pathology" -- Sensorimotor control -- Spinal degeneration -- Preventing back pain -- Conservative management of back pain -- Biomechanics rationale for spinal surgery -- Surgery for disc prolapse, spinal stenosis and back pain -- Medico-legal considerations.