Occupational low back pain : assessment, treatment, and prevention / Malcolm H. Pope ... [et al.].
Publication details: St. Louis : Mosby Year Book, c1991.Description: xviii, 325 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:- 0801662524
- WE 755 O15 1991
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book Open Access | Health Sciences Library | WE 755 O15 1991 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | MBAL22010560 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction and definitions
Part I : Basis
1.Structure and function of the lumbar spine
2.Occupational biomechanics of the lumbar spine
3.Clinical classification
4.Acute and chronic pain
5.Epidemiology and cost
Part II : Etiology
6.The workplace
7.The patient
Part III : Patient care
8.Evaluation of the worker with low back pain
9.Treatment of the acutely injured worker
10.Rehabilitation of the patient with chronic low back pain
Part IV: Selection and workplace evaluation
11.Concepts in prevention
12.Workplace evaluation
13.Worker selection
14.Workplace design
15.Education and training
Part V: legal aspects
16.Impairment rating-The United states perspective
17.Workers' compensation
18.Hiring practices
19.Summary
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