Back Pain
Published on 13. September 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-19-960977-2 (ISBN)
Description
Back pain is one of the most common reasons cited by patients seeking medical help, and it is a leading cause of time off work and long term disability. Causes of back pain are complex and many health care professionals devote a substantial amount of their time dealing with it. The initiating event leading to back pain is often compounded by other factors leading to maladaptive behaviour and prolongation of pain. This pocketbook will summarise the current literature on management of back pain and provide evidence-based, practical guidelines for clinicians.
Reviews / Votes
This is a useful book for anyone who treats spinal patients. The authors address a large patient group who often receive multidisciplinary treatment, which therefore puts one's own field of expertise in an important, comprehensive perspective. I highly recommend the book and believe that it should be part of the standard library in the doctor's office. * Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association * In his Foreword, Andrew Baranowski writes that the book is designed to inform and act as a brief reference for practitioners, both medical and in allied specialties working with back pain. I think that this is a far better representation. It certainly does give information on available treatments and their clinical evidence. If you are looking for information on a particular type of treatment you can find it within the book and you can consider whether that is appropriate for your individual patient... In essence, this is a book, which may usefully sit in a drawer in the consulting room of a GP or back pain therapist. * C. N. D. Edwards, for British Journal of Anaesthetics, July 2013. *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
General practitioners, doctors in training, consultants with an interest in back pain, clinical nurse specialists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, osteopaths, chiropractors and psychologists in pain management
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
190 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-960977-2 (9780199609772)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Dr Sam Chong (ed), is Consultant Neurologist, The Medway Hospital NHS Trust Gillingham, Kent and Kings College Hospital London Dr Roman Cregg (ed), is Consultant in Pain Management, West Sussex Primary Care Trust Dr Andrew Souter (ed), is Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine. Royal United Hospitals NHS Trust, Bath, UK
Editor
Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine. Royal United Hospitals NHS Trust, Bath, UK
Clinical Research Fellow in Pain Medicine, Centre for Anaesthesia and The Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, UK
Consultant Neurologist, The Medway Hospital NHS Trust Gillingham, Kent and Kings College Hospital London. Honorary Senior Lecturer Kings College London, UK
Content
1. Epidemiology of Back Pain ; 2. Early Assessment and Triage of Patients with Back Pain ; 3. Anatomy and pathophysiology of back pain ; 4. Investigation of patients with back pain ; 5. Physical approaches to the management of back pain: I. Physiotherapy ; 6. Physical approaches to the management of back pain: II. Manipulative therapy ; 7. Physical approaches to the management of back pain: III. Acupuncture and TENS ; 8. Physical approaches to the management of back pain: IV TENs ; 9. Psychology and pain management approach ; 10. Pharmacotherapy of back pain ; 11. Invasive therapies for back pain ; 12. The role of surgery in back pain ; 13. Management of patients with failed back pain ; 14. Rehabilitation and return to normal function ; 15. Overview of back pain and its future management