TY - BOOK AU - Adams, Michael A. AU - Adams,Michael A. TI - The biomechanics of back pain SN - 9780702043130 U1 - 617.564 PY - 2013/// CY - Edinburgh, New York PB - Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier KW - PHYSIOTHERAPY N1 - 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 ER -