Low Back Pain, An Issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics

Alison Stout

Description

Articles in this issue include: "Low Back Pain: Health Care Dilemma , “Anatomic and Biomechanical Principles of the Lumbar Spine , “Diagnosis of Low Back Pain: Imaging and Electrodiagnostics , “Axial Low Back Pain: Disc, Posterior Element, Sacroiliac Joint as Pain Generators , “Radicular Pain , “Myofascial Pain and Referral Patterns , “Osteoporosis and Compression Fracture , “Exercise for Low Back Pain , “Pharmacologic Treatment for Low Back Pain , “Complementary and Alternative Medicine Treatments for Low Back Pain , “Interventional Treatments for Low Back Pain – General Risks , “Epidural Steroid Injections , “Z-joint and SIJ Intra-Articular Injection and Diagnostic Blocks , “Radiofrequency Neurotomy , “Discography/IDET/Biaculoplasty , “Vertebroplasty/Kyphoplasty , “Pumps/Stims , “Chronic Low Back Pain and Psychosocial Issues."

Sujets

• Physical Medicine
• Medical
• Médecine
• Rehabilitation

Informations

• Publié par: Saunders
• Date de parution: 28 novembre 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781455700561
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

Extrait

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Clinics of North America
Low Back Pain

Alison Stout
Rehabilitation Care Services, Veterans Administration Puget Sound HCS, 1660 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108, USA
ISSN  1047-9651 Volume 21 • Number 4 • November 2010
Elsevier
Table of Contents
Cover image
Title page
Contributors
Forthcoming Issues
Foreword
Preface
Epidemiology of Spine Care: The Back Pain Dilemma
Additional percutaneous interventional spine procedures
Functional Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Axial Low Back Pain: Disc, Posterior Elements, Sacroiliac Joint, and Associated Pain Generators
Intervertebral disc
Zygapophysial joints
The sacroiliac joint/ligament complex
Ligaments of the lumbosacral spine
Muscles of the lumbosacral spine
Myofascial Low Back Pain: A Review
Pathophysiology
Etiology
Myofascial pain versus fibromyalgia
Diagnostic criteria for myofascial pain syndrome
Diagnostic evaluation
Treatment
Summary
Imaging the Back Pain Patient
Early imaging
Risk/benefit analysis
Specificity, sensitivity, and reliability
Imaging modalities
Imaging of degenerative phenomena
Herniation nomenclature
Spinal stenosis
Zygapophysial joints
Synovial cysts
Degenerative spondylolisthesis
Baastrup syndrome
Bertolotti syndrome
Sacroiliac, coccygeal degenerative disease
Systemic disease presenting as back pain
Summary
Electrodiagnostics for Low Back Pain
Objectives of electrodiagnostics for low back pain
Patient selection
General principles of electrodiagnostics
Electrodiagnostics of common low back pathologies causing radiculopathy
Sensitivity and specificity of electrodiagnostics
Preoperative benefits of electrodiagnostics
Limitations of electrodiagnostics
Summary
The Role of Exercise and Alternative Treatments for Low Back Pain
Complimentary and alternative treatments
Pharmacologic Treatment for Low Back Pain: One Component of Pain Care
Pharmacologic treatment of LBP
Chronic Low Back Pain and Psychosocial Issues
Psychosocial factors influencing pain onset
Psychosocial factors influencing chronic pain and disability
Psychosocial treatment of chronic low back pain
Interdisciplinary treatment of chronic low back pain
Summary
Interventions for Low Back Pain: Conclusions
Interventional Treatment for Low Back Pain: General Risks
Infection
Allergy
Corticosteroids
Bleeding
Cardiovascular response
Postdural puncture headache
Urological complications
Epidural Steroid Injections for Low Back Pain
General indications
Complications of ESIs
ESI approaches, evidence, and efficacy
ESI summary
Sacroiliac Joint and Lumbar Zygapophysial Joint Corticosteroid Injections
Procedure guidance
The sacroiliac joint
Lumbar zygapophysial joints
Summary
Lumbar and Sacral Radiofrequency Neurotomy
Radiofrequency neurotomy of the lumbar zygapophysial joints
Background of RF neurotomy
Anatomy
Indications, contraindications, and complications
Technique
Summary
RF neurotomy of the sacroiliac joint
Background and anatomy
Indications, contraindications, and complications
Techniques
Summary
The Use of Spinal Cord Stimulation and Intrathecal Drug Delivery in the Treatment of Low Back-Related Pain
Spinal cord stimulation
Discography
Discography
Anesthetic discography
Summary
Percutaneous Vertebroplasty: Role in Treatment of Vertebral Compression Fractures
Osteoporosis
Pathology
Standard treatment of VCFs
History of percutaneous vertebroplasty
Physiology of PV
Technique
Efficacy
Complications
Discussion
Index
Contributors

Consulting editor
GEORGE H. KRAFT, MD, MS
Alvord Professor of Multiple Sclerosis Research; Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Adjunct Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington

Guest Editors
ALISON STOUT, DO
Director, Spine and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Rehabilitation Care Services, Veterans Administration Puget Sound; Department of Rehabilitation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Authors
DAVID BAGNALL, MD
Amherst, New York
KEVIN A. CARNEIRO, DO
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of North Carolina, North Carolina
LEIGHTON CHAN, MD, MPH
Chief, Rehabilitation Medicine Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
EDUARDO J. CRUZ COLON, MD
Resident, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Kessler Rehabilitation Institute, West Orange, New Jersey
KATHERINE D. DOERR, MD
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School; Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
JANNA FRIEDLY, MD
Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
ARTHUR HARTOG, MD, PhD
DC Pain Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
DAVID J. KENNEDY, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida
TIMOTHY J. LEE, MD
Internist, Seattle, Washington
GERARD A. MALANGA, MD
Director, Pain Management, Overlook Pain Center, Summit; Director, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sports Medicine Fellowship, Atlantic Health, Morristown; Clinical Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey
TIMOTHY MAUS, MD
Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
DAVID A. MAZIN, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedics and Physical Rehabilitation, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts
JAMES E. MOORE, PhD
Director, Rehabilitation Institute of Washington; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
NAYNA PATEL, MD
Core Orthopaedic, Encinitas, California
JOSHUA D. RITTENBERG, MD
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Oakland, California
ALEXIUS E.G. SANDOVAL, MD
Multiple Sclerosis Fellow, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
MAX SHOKAT, DO
Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida
JOSEPH P. SULLIVAN, MD, PhD
Clinical Instructor, Department of Orthopedics and Physical Rehabilitation, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts
CHRISTOPHER STANDAERT, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Washington Sports and Spine Physicians at Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
ALISON STOUT, DO
Director, Spine and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Rehabilitation Care Services, Veterans Administration Puget Sound; Department of Rehabilitation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
CHRISTOPHER J. VISCO, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
ARIANA J. VORA, MD
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Massachusetts General Hospital; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
LEE R. WOLFER, MD, MS
Spinal Diagnostics and Treatment Center, Daly City, California
Forthcoming Issues

Forthcoming Issues
February 2011
Radiculopathy
David J. Kennedy, MD,
Guest Editor

May 2011
Burn Rehabilitation
Peter C. Esselman, MD, and Karen J. Kowalske, MD,
Guest Editors

August 2011
Management of Neck Pain
Allen Sinclair Chen, MD, MPH,
Guest Editor

Recent Issues
August 2010
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Nelson Hager, MD,
Guest Editor

May 2010
Aging with a Physical Disability
Mark P. Jensen, PhD,
Ivan R. Molton, PhD,
Guest Editors

February 2010
Quality of Life
Brad E. Dicianno, MD, and Rory A. Cooper, PhD,
Guest Editors
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Foreword
Low Back Pain
George H. Kraft, MD, MS, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Street, RJ-30, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. E-mail address: [e-mail]
George H. Kraft, MD, MS Consulting Editor

Who of you reading this issue of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America has not had low back pain (LBP) at one time or another?
I suspect that the true answer is that all of you have had at least one episode of LBP. You are the lucky ones. There is a strong likelihood that the majority of you have had at least several episodes, and some may even qualify as being in that unfortunate grou