Low Back Disorders: Evidence-Based Prevention and Rehabilitation

Second Edition

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A reference for physical therapists, kinesiologists, chiropractors and osteopaths, ergonomists, biomechanists, athletic trainers, clinical exercise physiologists and personal trainers, fitness exercise leaders, industrial engineers, and orthopedists.

Get the latest information on evidence-based prevention and rehabilitation approaches from an internationally recognized expert; and learn how to apply the principles in industry, sport, and everyday settings.

Low Back Disorders: Evidence-Based Prevention and Rehabilitation

provides professionals with the foundation to make the best clinical decisions for building the best prevention and rehabilitation programs. The author's unique research results quantify forces that specific movements and exercises impose on the low back. The text identifies commonly prescribed practices that are, in fact, contraindicated in promoting back health. Additionally, it provides appropriate strategies to offset injuries and restore function. Low Back Disorders will build your understanding of the science behind the practices so that you can use them effectively with clients and patients

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The book presents a clear exposition of back anatomy and biomechanics. It also provides the evidence to dispel myths regarding spine stabilization exercise and various prevention approaches. For example, the quantification of stability will show which muscles are important and which exercises groove motor patterns to ensure spine stability. With Low Back Disorders, you will:

Low Back Disorders is well organized and easy to understand. Part 1 provides a solid foundation on how the back works and how the back becomes injured. Part 2 shows you how to use this foundation to build evidence-based prevention programs by assessing risks, creating ergonomic interventions, and training personnel. Part 3 focuses on improving rehabilitation techniques, and specifically, quantification of spine stability to determine which exercises are important for spine stability for each person.

The text offers practical guidelines for developing optimal exercise regimens and 31 tests and exercises for diagnosis and prevention, carefully selected or developed based on measured biomechanical factors.

Low Back Disorders addresses in detail the ergonomic issues related to manual materials handling and injuries associated with seated work and sport, and throughout the book it reinforces their application in functional activities.

About the Author

Stuart McGill, PhD, is a professor at the University of Waterloo at Waterloo, Ontario, and a world-renowned lecturer and expert in spine function and injury prevention and rehabilitation. He has written more than 200 scientific publications that address lumbar function, low back injury mechanisms, investigation of tissue loading during rehabilitation programs, and the formulation of work-related injury avoidance strategies. He has received several awards for his work, including the Volvo Bioengineering Award for Low Back Pain Research from Sweden. Dr. McGill has been an invited lecturer at many universities and delivered more than 200 addresses to societies around the world. As a consultant, he has provided expertise on assessment and reduction of the risk of low back injury to government agencies, corporations, professional athletes and teams, and legal firms. He is one of the few scientists who consults and to whom patients are regularly referred.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Why and How You Should Read This Book

Part I The Scientific Foundation

Chapter 1 Introduction to the Issues Chapter 2 Scientific Approach Unique to This Book Chapter 3 Epidemiological Studies on Low Back Disorders (LBDs) Chapter 4 Functional Anatomy of the Lumbar Spine Chapter 5 Normal and Injury Mechanics of the Lumbar Spine Chapter 6 Lumbar Spine Stability

Part II Injury Prevention

Chapter 7 LBD Risk Assessment Chapter 8 Reducing the Risk at Work Chapter 9 Reducing the Risk in Athletes-Guidelines Chapter 10 The Question of Back Belts

Part III Low Back Rehabilitation

Chapter 11 Building Better Rehabilitation Programs for Low Back Injuries Chapter 12 Evaluating the Patient Chapter 13 Developing the Exercise Program Chapter 14 Advanced Exercises List of Tests and Exercises
Appendix
Glossary
Index
About the Author

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