Download or read book A Pocketbook of Managing Lower Back Pain E Book written by Fraser Ferguson and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2009-01-07 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You are about to go on placement or have recently qualified and are about to treat patients complaining of low back pain. Questions such as 'What do I do?'; 'What do I look for'; 'How do I do it?' may suddenly become overwhelming. This pocketbook covers the examination, initial management and discharge options for patients with low back pain. It will fit easily into your pocket with information that is close to hand. - clinically effective examinations - reflects current clinical practice - key points, charts, tables all backed up with links to other texts and websites

Download or read book Rapidly Reversible Low Back Pain written by Ronald Donelson and published by Self Care First, LLC. This book was released on 2006-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unknown to most are the many studies reporting that most low back pain is a rapidly reversible condition; that is, it can be eliminated, often quickly, by the patients themselves. This large subgroup can now be identified early on, providing opportunity for great cost savings and a goldmine of research discoveries about the causes of, and solutions to, low back pain. Dr. Donelson is a veteran spine specialist, researcher and educator who brings badly needed common sense and evidence to this complex problem of low back pain. In this hard-to-put-down account, he accurately exposes flaws in the low back pain scientific process and then offers simple, logical remedies. His insightful review of this valuable, yet ironically overlooked, clinical research reveals both clinical and economic solutions from implementing patient-specific treatments, rather than the "one-size-fits-all" guideline recommendations. This refreshing approach offers clinicians clinical methods to objectively determine non-pharmacologic ways for patients to gain control of their own low back pain and to recover more quickly and simply. Such objective decision-making offers new insights into how to avoid the need for medication, expensive imaging, or specialist referral, including low back surgery. And for the first time, psychosocial factors and manual therapies are placed in their proper perspective. This is a valuable read for any stakeholder seeking to improve the management of low back pain and to dramatically reduce its annual U.S. cost of $50 billion or more. Employers, payers, and disease management groups alike will benefit from these reliable means of determining the few necessary and many avoidable costs of managing low back pain.

Download or read book Orthopaedic Manual Therapy Diagnosis written by Aad van der El and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orthopedic Manual Therapy Diagnosis is a comprehensive and easily-accessible compendium of theory and technique related to orthopaedic manual physical therapy (OMPT) diagnosis. an up-to-date analysis of spinal examination, this is an ideal textbook for courses in OMPT. Orthopedic Manual Therapy Diagnosis covers spinal anatomy, biomechanics, arthrology, general functional aspects of the spine, definitions, theories, and examination.This text also serves as a reference for all manual medicine practitioners, including physical therapists, chiropractors, osteopaths, and medical physicians. This te

Download or read book Substance Abuse written by Alan David Kaye and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written for any clinician who encounters substance abuse in a patient and wonders what to do. Experts from a cross-section of specialties and health professions provide up-to-date, evidence-based guidance on how non-expert clinicians can recognize, understand, and approach the management of substance abuse in their patients. They detail the range of treatments available and whether and how they work. The central importance of using a carefully selected multimodal approach that is tailored to the individual patient is emphasized throughout and illustrated in case scenarios from actual clinical practice.

Download or read book The Rehabilitation Specialist s Handbook written by Serge H Roy and published by F.A. Davis. This book was released on 2012-12-21 with total page 1297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 4th Edition of the gold standard of rehabilitation resources is now in full color and thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the art and science of practice today! A compendium of frequently used, but rarely memorized information organized for easy reference, it covers an extraordinary breadth of topics—from the full range of basic scientific information (neuroanatomy and clinical neurology, osteology and clinical orthopedics, general anatomy, cardiac and pulmonary anatomy) to the treatments and methods used in modern rehabilitation practice.

Download or read book Gymnastics Medicine written by Emily Sweeney and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the most current information on the treatment of athletes involved in gymnastics, a multifaceted sport with unique demands on its participants that can lead to a myriad of medical conditions and injury patterns. It opens with an introduction to the history of gymnastics and a brief review of gymnastics disciplines and events. An overview of gymnastics injury epidemiology lays the foundation for the rest of the book. Growth and developmental issues are also discussed in detail, as many young gymnasts train long hours before or during puberty. Concepts related to the biomechanics of gymnastics, common overuse and acute musculoskeletal injuries, psychological issues, concussions, as well as rehabilitation and return-to-play principles round out the presentation. Throughout, there is the emphasis that young athletes are not simply small adults, and that they have unique needs and considerations for evaluation and treatment. Written and edited by experts in the field, some of whom are former gymnasts themselves, Gymnastics Medicine covers all of the relevant information on evaluation, management and return-to-play for sports medicine physicians, advanced practice providers, physical therapists, athletic trainers, exercise scientists, and mental health professionals.

Download or read book Pain Procedures in Clinical Practice E Book written by Ted A. Lennard and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2011-06-11 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 3rd Edition of Pain Procedures in Clinical Practice, Dr. Ted Lennard helps you offer the most effective care to your patients by taking you through the various approaches to pain relief used in physiatry today. In this completely updated, procedure-focused volume, you’ll find nearly a decade worth of new developments and techniques supplemented by a comprehensive online video collection of how-to procedures at www.expertconsult.com. You’ll also find extensive coverage of injection options for every joint, plus discussions of non-injection-based pain relief options such as neuromuscular ultrasound, alternative medicines, and cryotherapy. Offer your patients today’s most advanced pain relief with nearly a decade worth of new developments and techniques, masterfully presented by respected physiatrist Ted Lennard, MD. Make informed treatment decisions and provide effective relief with comprehensive discussions of all of the injection options for every joint. Apply the latest non-injection-based treatments for pain relief including neuromuscular ultrasound, alternative medicines, and cryotherapy. See how to get the best results with a comprehensive video collection of how-to procedures at www.expertconsult.com, and access the complete text and images online.

Download or read book The Biomechanics of Back Pain written by Michael A. Adams and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Addresses the important and prevalent problem of back pain thoroughly from a unique biomechanics perspective. Written especially for practitioners, the book presents information in a way that is relevant to therapists who treat patients with back pain. Authored by four of the leading researchers in the field from different professional backgrounds, the book comprehensively examines back pain from diverse perspectives. Provides an understanding of back mechanics that is necessary in order to form an accurate diagnosis and treatment plan. Six new chapters are included: Growth and Aging of the Lumbar Spine; Spinal Degeneration; Biomechanics of Spinal Surgery; Surgery for Disc Prolapse; Spinal Stenosis and Back Pain; and Conservative Management of Back Pain. Expanded sections on spinal growth and aging provide additional comprehensive information on this important topic. Includes additional and updated information on the interpretation and explanation of spine research literature. An expanded color plate section with 23 new black-and-white photographs and 21 new line drawings illustrate the content clearly.

Download or read book Low Back Pain written by What Do I Do Now Pain Medicine and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-08-28 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consisting of 34 case-based chapters that cover low back pain in individuals with varying circumstances, including mental health issues, frailty, pregnancy, spinal cord injury, obesity, or chronic pain, this volume is a self-assessment tool that tests the reader's ability to answer the question, "What do I do now?"

Download or read book Physical Therapy of the Low Back written by Lance T. Twomey and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine written by Swaminatha V. Mahadevan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-05-26 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to Clinical Emergency Medicine focuses on the skills necessary to provide emergency care.

Download or read book FDA s Drug Review Process and the Package Label written by Tom Brody and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FDA's Drug Review Process and the Package Label provides guidance to pharmaceutical companies for writing FDA-submissions, such as the NDA, BLA, Clinical Study Reports, and Investigator's Brochures. The book provides guidance to medical writers for drafting FDA-submissions in a way more likely to persuade FDA reviewers to grant approval of the drug. In detail, the book reproduces data on efficacy and safety from one hundred different FDA-submissions (NDAs, BLAs). The book reproduces comments and complaints from FDA reviewers regarding data that are fragmentary, ambiguous, or that detract from the drug's approvability, and the book reveals how sponsors overcame FDA's concerns and how sponsors succeeded in persuading FDA to grant approval of the drug. The book uses the most reliable and comprehensive source of information available for writing FDA-submissions, namely text and data from NDAs and BLAs, as published on FDA's website. The source material for writing this book included about 80,000 pages from FDA's Medical Reviews, FDA's Clinical Pharmacology Reviews, and FDA's Pharmacology Reviews, from one hundred different NDAs or BLAs for one hundred different drugs. Each chapter focuses on a different section of the package label, e.g., the Dosage and Administration section or the Drug Interactions section, and demonstrates how the sponsor's data supported that section of the package label. - Reveals strategies for winning FDA approval and for drafting the package label - Examples are from one hundred FDA-submissions (NDAs, BLAs) for one hundred different drugs, e.g., for oncology, metabolic diseases, autoimmune diseases, and neurological diseases - This book uses the most reliable and comprehensive source of information available for writing FDA-submissions, namely, the data from NDAs and BLAs as published on FDA's website at the time FDA grants approval to the drug

Download or read book Interferon Alpha 2 Pre Clinical and Clinical Evaluation written by Daniel L. Kisner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interferon alpha-2 is a genetically engineered, highly purified pharmaceutical agent that has undergone extensive phase I and phase II clinical study in more than 1000 patients. The material has biological activity by intravenous, intramus cular and subcutaneous routes. Clinical toxicity principally involves the 'influen za like' syndrome previously seen with native interferons. Other important toxi cities include anorexia, hepatitis, confusion and myelosuppression. Tolerable doses in multiple schedules and routes of administration have been determined. Phase II clinical trials with multiple routes and schedules of administration have been performed. Significant clinical activity has been found in non Hodgkin's lymphomas (both low grade and high grade), refractory and relapsing multiple myeloma, hairy cell leukemia, Kaposi's sarcoma, with suggestions of activity in Hodgkin's disease, renal cell carcinoma, and melanoma. The studies performed to date have for the most part involved small numbers of heavily pre-treated patients. Large-scale clinical trials in some of these disea ses are now warranted in populations of patients with as little bulk disease and prior treatment as is feasible for each tumour type. This is particularly the case in . Hodgkin's disease and subcategories of the non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Alterna tely, interferon alpha-2 might be used to maintain remissions induced by other modalities (i. e. , in NHL, multiple myeloma, ovarian cancer). In some advanced disease settings, combinations of interferon alpha-2 with chemotherapeutic agents should now be investigated.

Download or read book Management of Common Musculoskeletal Disorders written by Darlene Hertling and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2006 with total page 1138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fundamental textbook of orthopedic physical therapy is now in its thoroughly updated Fourth Edition. This new edition presents a "how-to" approach focusing on the foundations of manual therapy. More than 1,200 illustrations and photographs demonstrate therapeutic techniques. Extensive references cite key articles, emphasizing the latest research. Reflecting current practice standards, this edition places greater emphasis on joint stabilization techniques and the role of exercise. Coverage includes new material on soft tissue manipulations and myofascial evaluation. This edition also features case studies covering real-life practice scenarios.

Download or read book Chronic Pelvic Pain and Dysfunction written by Leon Chaitow and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clearly written and fully illustrated throughout, Chronic Pelvic Pain and Dysfunction: Practical Physical Medicine offers practical, comprehensive coverage of the subject area accompanied by a range of video clips on a bonus website. http://booksite.elsevier.com/9780702035326/ Prepared by editors of international renown, the book provides clear anatomical descriptions of the structures relevant to the genesis of pelvic pain followed by the current perspectives on the neurological basis of pain, including the influence of psychophysiology. Chapters then address physiological mechanisms for pain generation; including musculoskeletal causes and the role of sport in the evolution of chronic pelvic pain and the influence of gender on pelvic pain syndromes including hormonal imbalance, pregnancy and labour. Having guided the practitioner through a clinical reasoning process to help establish the differential diagnosis of chronic pelvic pain, the volume addresses the range of therapeutic options available. This includes medical management, the role of nutrition in the control of inflammatory processes, the use of breathing techniques in the relief of pain and anxiety as well as the involvement of biofeedback mechanisms in diagnosis and treatment. The use of soft-tissue manipulation approaches, pelvic floor manual therapy release techniques and osteopathic approaches are also considered along with the use of dry needling, electrotherapy and hydrotherapy. Chronic Pelvic Pain and Dysfunction: Practical Physical Medicine offers practical, validated and clinically relevant information to all practitioners and therapists working in the field of chronic pelvic pain and will be ideal for physiotherapists, osteopathic physicians and osteopaths, medical pain specialists, urologists, urogynaecologists, chiropractors, manual therapists, acupuncturists, massage therapists and naturopaths worldwide. - Offers practical, validated, and clinically relevant information to all practitioners and therapists working in the field - Edited by two acknowledged experts in the field of pelvic pain to complement each other's approach and understanding of the disorders involved - Carefully prepared by a global team of clinically active and research oriented contributors to provide helpful and clinically relevant information - Abundant use of pull-out boxes, line artwork, photographs and tables facilitates ease of understanding - Contains an abundance of clinical cases to ensure full understanding of the topics explored - Focuses on the need for an integrated approach to patient care - Includes an appendix based on recent European Guidelines regarding the nature of the condition(s) and of the multiple aetiological and therapeutic models associated with them - Includes a bonus website presenting film clips of the manual therapy, biofeedback and rehabilitation techniques involved http://booksite.elsevier.com/9780702035326/

Download or read book Industrial Low Back Pain written by Sam W. Wiesel and published by Lexis Law Publishing (Va). This book was released on 1985 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a compilation of articles addressing the standardization of diagnosis and treatment of low back pain. The book presents material on medical, legal, insurance, and regulatory aspects of low back pain.

Download or read book Taber s Quick Reference for Rehabilitation Professionals written by F. A. Davis and published by F.A. Davis. This book was released on 2016-03-28 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a dictionary…it’s an encyclopedia and clinical reference in one. Put the practice-applicable information rehabilitation professionals need at your fingertips with Taber’s® Quick Reference for Rehab Professionals. Just what you need...when you need it. Nearly 15,000 rehab-related terms and 423 illustrations and photographs make this your all-in-one resource…in class, clinic, and practice. And, because it’s drawn from the Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary’s database, you can count on it for current, reliable, and comprehensive coverage. Complete definitions ensure you understand the language of medicine and healthcare, full-color drawings illustrate the nuances of anatomy and physiology, concise descriptions and full-color photographs of diseases and disorders provide context, descriptions of etiology ensure you know the cause/origin of a disease/disorder, lists of major signs and symptom alert you to what to look for or anticipate, treatment summaries outline common approaches to care, Patient Care information describes assessment, treatment, and patient teaching for each step in the process and Caution/Safety Alerts highlight information critical to safe patient care.