Back Pain: An International Review

Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The peripheral modulation of nociceptive input....Pages 3-11
Intradiscal pressure changes and the clinician....Pages 12-20
Electromyography — its significance to the manipulator....Pages 21-26
The clinical testing of pain....Pages 27-36
The spinal modulation of pain....Pages 37-51
Principles and problems in clinical research in low back pain....Pages 52-59
Referred pain and tenderness....Pages 60-63
Basic case analysis....Pages 64-74
Manual therapy — 1989....Pages 75-88
An osteopathic approach to manipulation....Pages 89-95
Low back pain of thoracolumbar origin....Pages 96-101
The Cyriax contribution to manipulation....Pages 102-104
Manipulation of the sacroiliac joint....Pages 105-118
The diagnosis and therapy of sacroiliac joint dysfunction utilizing manual medicine techniques, in particular the muscle energy technique by Mitchell....Pages 119-138
Injections in the lumbar area....Pages 139-142
Drug therapy....Pages 143-143
The causes of poor results of surgery in low back pain....Pages 144-155
Treatment of pain with electrical stimulation (TENS) and acupuncture....Pages 156-164
Hypnosis in musculoskeletal medicine....Pages 165-171
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Comments on the evolution of the sacroiliac joint....Pages 175-185
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Clinical aspects of sacroiliac function in walking....Pages 186-194
The sacroiliac lesion — does it exist?....Pages 195-195
Differential diagnosis of muscle tone in respect of inhibitory techniques....Pages 196-199
Practical approaches to the normalization of muscle tension....Pages 200-211
Metameric medicine and atlas therapy....Pages 212-226
The method of autotraction in manual medicine....Pages 227-230
The space truss as a model for cervical spine mechanics — a systems science concept....Pages 231-238
Anamnesis as diagnostic tool in musculoskeletal medicine....Pages 239-246
A new technique of proprioceptive re-education in manual medicine....Pages 247-251
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Cranial and visceral symptoms in mechanical pelvic dysfunction....Pages 255-258
A study of the contribution of pain to rotation of vertebrae in the aetiology and pathogenesis of lateral spinal curvature....Pages 259-270
Pelvic dysfunction....Pages 271-284
Pyriformis muscle syndrome....Pages 285-288
Iliosacral lesion and the quadratus lumborum syndrome....Pages 289-291
The cervico-lumbar syndrome....Pages 292-299
Clinical application of the basic physical principles for the use of mobilization and manipulation....Pages 300-305
Non-inflammatory joint pain in rheumatoid arthritis: the diagnostic role of intra-articular anaesthesia in the understanding of brachiogenic shoulder pain....Pages 306-310
The foot and manual medicine....Pages 311-313
Frozen wrist: the contribution of thermography....Pages 314-315
The New Zealand Association of Musculo Skeletal Medicine — postgraduate courses for doctors....Pages 316-318
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
The nature and significance of trigger points....Pages 319-322
Low back pain, manipulation and long-term outcome....Pages 323-331
The computerized documentation of clinical and manual results....Pages 332-342
Lumbar sciatica — comparison of results 10 years after surgical or conservative treatment....Pages 343-355
A study to evaluate the outcome of acute backache with drug therapy and manipulation....Pages 356-362
Dorso-lumbar junction: biomechanical role of mamillaris processus and transversospinales muscles....Pages 363-365
Skin rolling in the treatment of chronic pain....Pages 366-371
The importance of patient selection and imaging techniques in the success of chemonucleolysis....Pages 372-377
Radiofrequency denervation of the zygapophyseal joint nerve supply....Pages 378-384
Manipulative medicine and sports injuries....Pages 385-386
T3 syndrome....Pages 387-390
Radiographic signs of the function of the intrinsic muscles of the cervical spine....Pages 391-392
Radio-functional analysis of the cervical region of the spinal column according to Arlen in post-traumatic syndrome....Pages 393-403
Therapy of the atlas compared with traditional manipulation in sacroiliac dysfunction....Pages 404-409
Atlas therapy and neuromuscular diseases....Pages 410-421
Back Matter....Pages 423-430